Mangifera duperreana (PROSEA)
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Mangifera duperreana Pierre
- Family: Anacardiaceae
Synonyms
Phanrangia poilanei Tard.
Vernacular names
- Indo-China: queo, svai prey, xoai
- Thailand: mamuang kau.
Distribution
Indo-China and Thailand, but very rare.
Uses
The fruits are small and inferior, but contain a white edible flesh with a turpentine taste. The wood is whitish, used as timber.
Observations
Tree, 30-40 m tall. Leaves oblong to obovate, 13-30 cm long. Stamens 10-12, 5-6 of which are fertile. Fruit an oblongoid drupe, small. On rocks in lowland forests, flowering December-March, fruiting April-May.
Selected sources
20, 57.
