Mangifera cochinchinensis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Mangifera cochinchinensis Pierre

Family: Anacardiaceae

Vernacular names

• Cambodia: svaay proong trang
• Thailand: mamuang-kilen
• Vietnam: xoai nu't.

Distribution

Endemic in Indo-China and Thailand.

Uses

Fruits, though of inferior quality, are liked by local people.

Observations

• Tree, 35 m tall.
• Leaves obovate-oblong, 8-15 cm × 3-6 cm, coriaceous.
• Stamens 5, all fertile.
• Fruit a suboblongoid drupe, 3 cm × 1.5 cm.

In forests, flowering January-May, fruiting March-May. The species is near to extinction.

Selected sources

• Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam (various authors), 1960-. Vol. 1-24. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

• Mukherjee, S.K., 1985. Systematic and ecogeographic studies on crop genepools 1. Mangifera L. IBPGR, Rome. 86 pp.

Authors

P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen