Mangifera siamensis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Mangifera siamensis Warburg ex Craib

Family: Anacardiaceae

Vernacular names

• Thailand: muang-khi-ya.

Distribution

Thailand.

Uses

The fruits are edible, tasting sweet and sour.

Observations

This species is closely related to M. duperreana, but is rare and insufficiently known. Flowering is in July-August.

Selected sources

• 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