Magnifera Indica

Listing ID #2085246

We offer magnifera indica.
Name: mango, aam
common name: mango, aam
botanical name: magnifera indica
availability: in stock
mango tree is an evergreen tree, native to india, widely found in north part of india. Mango is a tall tree growing up to 100 feet, a dense, heavy crown and a spread of 125 feet. The evergreen drooping leaves resemble those of the peach tree. Coppery to purplish-red at first but becoming green at maturity, they are lance-shaped and slightly curved. Mango tree is long lived, some specimen are more than 250 years old and are still bearing fruit. The flowers of mango are small, ivory colored and very numerous. The fruit clusters hang outside the foliage canopy. Due to its superb, juicy, tasty and very colorful fruit, mango is known as the 'king of fruits'. Called am or aaam in hindi, aamrum in sanskrit, mango in english and spanish, manja in dutch, it has a great variety in species, forms, size, color, scent, taste and quality. There are over 500 named varieties of the mango. The colorful, tasty, juicy, flavored fruit is known all over the world. Within each fruit there is a large flat elongated fibrous stone containing a single seed. The famous indian varieties dussheri, chosa, langra, safeda, kalmi, alphonso, amrapali and malika.