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MANGIFERA . Inpica. 
Mango Tree. 
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Nat. Ord. THREBINTHACE®.—PENTANDRIA Monoeynia. 
Gen. Char. Flores polygami. Calyx 5-partitus, deciduus. Petala 5. Stamina 
5, quorum 4 sepius castrata. Stylus 1. Drupa baccata, subcompressa, nucleo 
fibris lignosis crinito evalvi. Semen ovato-oblongum. Hmbryo erectus, coty- 
ledonibus carnosis, radicula brevi.—Arbores Indice, foliis integris penninerviss, 
paniculis ¢erminalibus. Fructus edulis. De Cand. 
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Manetrera Indica; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis petiolatis, petalis apice patulis, 
stamine unico fertili, nucleo fibris lignosis crinito evalvi. ; 
Manerrera Indica. Linn. Spec. Pl. p. 290. Lam. Ill. t.138. Jacq. Ic. Rar. 
v.2. ¢.337. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2+ p, 63. Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 1. p. 640. 
ed. Wall. 0.2. p.435. M‘Fadyen, Fl. of Jamaica, p. 221. : 
“Mao, du. Mau vel Mangas. Rheed. Malab. v. 4. #1, 2. 
Manea domestica. Rumph. Amb. v. 1. p93. t. 25. 
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Long and well as this has been known as the most valuable 
of tropical fruits, I can quote no good and faithful representation, 
save in the costly work of Jacquin above cited. It is the more 
gratifying, therefore, that our plants in the stoves of the Royal 
rdens are bearing annually flowers most abundantly, and fruits, 
though comparatively sparingly. Fortunately, our plants are of 
the choicest kind of the East Indies, the Muldah, sent by Dr. 
Wallich to Kew, and the fruit has a remarkably fine flavour. 
Dr. Roxburgh, who had occasion to observe that “of this 
tree, though one of the most common in India, he had not met 
with any description which deserved the name,” has given the 
best and fullest account of it, in the Flora Indica above quoted. 
Although cultivated generally throughout the warm parts of Asia, 
it does not appear to be certainly known in a truly wild state. 
Dr. Wallich met with a tree (not in flower) which he considered to 
be this, “seemingly wild, near Hetouma, on the banks of the 
Karra or Karrara rivulet.”’ Beat 
The ripe fruits, says Roxburgh, “are universally eaten, and 
esteemed the best fruit in India : jellies, preserves, tarts, pickles, 
&c., are made of them before they are ripe. The kernels are 
large, and seem to contain much nourishment, but they are 
made no use of except during times of scarcity and famine; 
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