Mangifera reba (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Mangifera reba Pierre

Family: Anacardiaceae

Vernacular names

• Cambodia: svai reba, svai meas
• Vietnam: queo.

Distribution

Cambodia, Vietnam (but not well known).

Uses

The fruit is large and edible.

Observations

• Tree, 30 m tall.
• Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 12-16 cm × 3-5 cm.
• Stamens 5, 2 fertile.
• Fruit an ellipsoid drupe, 7-8 cm long, apex situated lateral.

In forests, flowering in February-March, fruiting in March-April. The species is rare and 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