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3. Mangifera Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 200. 1753.
杧果属 mang guo shu
Evergreen trees, andro-monoecious with functionally staminate and bisexual flowers in same inflorescence. Leaves petiolate, simple; leaf blade margin entire. Inflorescence a terminal pleiothyrsoid. Flowers small, 4- or 5-merous, with imbricate aestivation. Sepals sometimes united at base. Petals with 1-5 prominent veins adaxially. Stamens 5, free or united with disk basally, usually 1(or 2) noticeably larger. Disk of 5 separate extrastaminal glands. Ovary glabrous, 1-locular, 1-ovulate; style 1, terminal. Fruit drupaceous; mesocarp fleshy or fibrous; endocarp thick and bony, compressed. Embryo 1 to several by polyembryony.
About 69 species: tropical Asia; five species (one endemic, one introduced) in China.
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Inflorescence minutely pubescent |
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Inflorescence glabrous |
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Inflorescence 20-35 cm; staminodes 3 or 4; drupe 5-10 cm, mesocarp fleshy, endocarp flattened. |
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1 M. indica |
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Inflorescence ca. 14 cm; staminodes absent; drupe 3.5-5 cm, mesocarp thin, endocarp rounded or slightly flattened. |
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2 M. siamensis |
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Leaf blade 2-3 cm wide; fruit rounded; seed oblique. |
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3 M. persiciforma |
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Leaf blade 3-6 cm wide; fruit elongate; seed not oblique |
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Pedicel and sepals often sparsely pubescent; drupe not beaked. |
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4 M. laurina |
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Pedicel and sepals glabrous; drupe beaked. |
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5 M. sylvatica |
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