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== Synonyms ==
*''Mangifera foetida'' Lour. var. ''bombom'' Blume and var. ''kawini'' Blume (1850), *''Mangifera oblongifolia'' Hook.f. (1876), *''Mangifera foetida'' Lour. var. ''odorata'' (Griffith) Pierre (1897).
== Vernacular names ==
*Kuwini (En). *Kuweni, manguier odorant (Fr)
*Indonesia: bembem, kaweni (Sundanese, West Java), kuweni or kweni (Malay, Sumatra, Kalimantan; Javanese, central Java)
*Malaysia: kuini (Malay, East Malaysia), huani or wani (Sabah)
== Botany ==
*Medium-sized tree, 10-15 m, rarely exceeding 20 m height; crown globose or broadly ovoid; bole straight, bark grey, containing irritant sap. *Leaves irregularly scattered on rather thick branchlets, oblong-lanceolate, 12-35 cm × 4-10 cm, coriaceous-chartaceous, edge not wavy, shortly acuminate, with prominent reticulated veins especially on the lower surface, not or hardly odorous when bruised, petiole 3-7 cm, swollen at base. *Panicles terminal, pyramidal, 15-50 cm long, rather densely flowered, rachis yellowish-green tinged with reddish-brown; flowers .*Flowers 5(-6)-merous, ca. 6 mm wide, fragrant; sepals ovate, 3-4 mm long, brown-red or partly green; petals lanceolate, ca. 5-6 mm × 1.2-2 mm, yellowish at the base, pale pinkish towards the apex, reflexed, with 3-5 fingers ("ridges") on ca. 2/3 of the length of the petals, confluent at the base, pale yellow becoming dark red; stamens 5(-6), only 1 fertile, filament 5 mm long, staminodes 1.5-2 mm long; ovary subglobose, yellowish, style excentric, 3-5 mm long, dark red. *Fruit an obliquely ellipsoid-oblong, hardly flattened drupe, 10-13 cm × 6-9 cm, green to yellowish-green, sparingly spotted with dark brown lenticels; rind rather thick (3-4 mm); flesh orange-yellow, firm, fibrous, sourish-sweet, juicy, with a pungent smell and taste of turpentine. *Stone 8-10 cm × 4.5-5 cm × 2.5-3 cm, covered with rather soft fibres; seed frequently polyembryonic.
''M. odorata'' is a polymorphic species. In West Java several forms are distinguished:
*"bembem", an inferior form: the fruit has a strong smell and taste of turpentine reminiscent of the fruit of ''M. foetida'' , the leaves are coriaceous;
*"kaweni", with less fibrous flesh and a mild taste of turpentine; the best forms are very palatable;
It is mainly grown mixed with other tree species in homegardens and village orchards. It is a dominant fruit tree in some villages specialized in kuwini production near Solok, West Sumatra, where vegetables or bananas are grown under the relatively light foliage of old trees.
The fruits are commonly damaged by larvae of the mango weevil ( ''Cryptorrhynchus gravis'' ), which feed on the flesh and occasionally on the seed. Caterpillars of ''Philotroctis eutraphera'' and ''Noorda albizonalis'' also bore into the fruit.
Kuwini can produce two crops a year in areas where two dry seasons prevail. Major fruit season in West Java is from August to November.
== Literature ==
* Bondad, N., 1982. Mango and its relatives in the Philippines. Philippine Geographical Journal 26(2): 88-100.
* Ochse, J.J., Soule, M.J., Dijkman, M.J. & Wehlburg, C., 1961. Tropical and subtropical agriculture. Macmillan, New York. Vol. 1. pp. 545-548.
* Wester, P.J., 1920. The mango. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Agriculture. Bulletin 18. Manila. 70 pp.
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