520 



XLV. ANACARD1ACE.E. 



[Bouea. 



(2) B. macrophylla Griff. PL Cantor, 15 ; NotulcB iv. 420 ; 

 Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 21 ; King, I.e. 465. > 



Large bushy tree about 30 ft. tall. Leaves dark green, shining, 

 coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, bluntly acuminate, base cuneate or 

 round; nerves 18 to 20 pairs, 5 to 8 in. long, 1-65 to 2*65 in. wide; 

 petioles 75 to i in. long. Panicles axillary, dense, 2 to 3 in. long ; 

 branches i in. long or less. Flowers yellow 'i in. long; pedicels 

 finely tomentose. Sepals 3 to 4 ovate tomentose. Petals 3 to 4 

 oblong blunt glabrous. Stamens 3 to 4 ; anthers ovate. Drupe 

 oblong as long as an tgg, yellow pulpy. Hah. Villages. Singapore, 

 Malacca to Biserat, Jalor (Yapp). Native names: Gondongan; 

 Kondongan. Use : Fruit eatable and quite good. 



3. MANGIFERA, Linn. 



Large to vast trees. Leaves simple alternate. Panicles in 

 terminal axils, usually large. Flowers small, green, white, pink or 

 violet, bisexual. Sepals 4 to 5 imbricate. Petals 4 to 5 imbricate. 

 Stamens i to 5, rarely 8, one perfect with the others abortive or 

 absent, within or on disc. Ovary i-celled, oblique; style lateral. 

 Drupe large, pulpy; stone compressed, fibrous. Seed large, flat or 

 convex. About 30 species, tropical Asia, few Africa, chiefly Malayan. 



The Mango [Mangifera indica) is often planted, and to be seen 

 round villages, but not native. Several of the other well-known 

 cultivated species, such as the Binjai, are probably not native in 

 the peninsula. Native names of Mango : Mampelam ; Ampelam ; 

 Hampelam; also Buah Mangga. The name Pauh is applied also 

 to many species. 



Disc fleshy, swollen. 



Sepals and petals 4; stamen 1. 

 Panicles pubescent. 



Petiole I to 1-25 in. long; leaves 4 in. long or 

 more ...... 



Petiole "25 to "4 in. long; leaves elliptic, sub- 

 coriaceous ..... 



Petiole "25 to "4 in. long ; leaves broad elliptic, 

 stiff, coriaceous .... 



Panicles glabrous. 



Leaves 6 by 2 in. ; nerves fine, blunt; petiole 



•5 in. long 



Leaves 11 by 3-5 in., acute; petiole 2-5 in. 



long 



Leaves 6 by 2 in. ; panicles stout 

 Sepals and petals 5. 



Stamens 5 fertile ...... 



Stamens 3 fertile, 2 staminodes . . . 



Stamen i perfect. 



Panicle tomentose ..... 



Panicle glabrous. 



Leaves very coriaceous .... 



Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong 5 to 8 in. 

 long 



(1) M. Griffithii 



(2) M. microphylla 



(3) M. sclerophylla 



(4) M. Maingayi 



(5) M. longipetiolata 



(6) M. quadrifida 



(7) 

 (8) 



M. 

 M. 



pentandra 

 lanceolata 



(9) M. indica 

 [10) M. 



oblongifolia 

 (11) M. longipes 



