Mangifera indica L.
| Kannada Name : | Maavina mara |
| Common Name : | Mango tree |
| Family Name : | Anacardiaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Mangifera indica |
| Species Type : | Indigenous |
| Phenology : | Evergreen |
| Conservation Status : | Not known |
| Flowering Period : | February- March |
| Fruiting Period : | May - June |
| Origin : | Indian Subcontinent |
Uses
The leaves are astringent and odontalgic. An infusion is drunk to reduce blood pressure and as a treatment for conditions such as angina, asthma, coughs and diabetes. Externally, the leaves are used in a convalescent bath. A mouthwash made from the leaves is effective in hardening the gums and helping to treat dental problems. The leaves are used to treat skin irritations. The charred and pulverized leaves are used to make a plaster for removing warts and also act as a styptic. The stem is astringent. It is used to treat diarrhoea and to remedy stomach-ache. The roots are diuretic.
Description
Medium to large sized, evergreen tree up to 30 m tall. Bark dark grey, rough with verticla fissures, blaze yellow, exudation yellowish and gummy. Leaves simple, alternate, clustered at the tips of branchlets, pulvinate, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, linear-oblong, coriaceous, glabrous, base attenuate or acute, apex acuminate, acute or obtusely acute, margin entire. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Flowers polygamous, greenish-white to yellowish-green. Fruit a drupe, oblong-reniform, compressed, yellowish-red when ripe, mesocarp fleshy, fibrous in wild trees, endocarp fibrous; seed 1, subreniform.
