524 ^Lv. ANACARDIACE^. [Mangifera. 



Flowers "2 in. across; pedicels slender as long. Sepals 5, ovate. 

 Petals 5, lanceolate, longer, ridges 3 to 5. Stamen i, shorter; 

 staminodes 4, short. Hub. Malacca (Maingay). 



A very distinct plant from its small clove-like leaves, but apparently 

 very scarce; no one seems to have found it again. 



(13) M. odorata Griff. NotulcB iv. 417 ; Hook. fil. I.e. 16 ; King, 

 I.e. 474. 



A big tree nearly 100 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or 

 elliptic-lanceolate acute and acuminate, reticulate on both sides, 

 base cuneate; nerves prominent, 20 pairs, 6 to 9 in. long, 2 to 4 in. 

 wide; petioles i"25 to 175 in. long. Panicles 8 in. long with 

 branches 4 in. long terminal, red. Flowers less than '25 in. wide ; 

 pedicels slender. Sepals 5, ovate-oblong, red. Petals 5, 3 times 

 as long, oblong, yellow edged rose, ridges 3 confluent, yellow. 

 Stamens 2 nearly as long, white ; anthers black ; staminodes short, 

 white tipped rose. Fruit oblong, yellowish green, flesh yellow. 

 Hah. Orchards. Singapore and Malacca, usually in rather sandy 

 spots. Use : The fruit is rather poor eating. Disirib. Malay 

 Isles. Native name : Kwini. 



Blume holds the Kwini to be a variety of M. fcetida, Jack. It seems to 

 me distinct. 



(14) M. fcBtida Lowr. Fl. For. Cochinchine, 160; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 

 ii. 19. 



Large tree 60 to 80 ft. tall. Leaves very coriaceous, elliptic- 

 oblong obtuse or sub-acute, base narrowed; nerves 16 to 18 pairs, 

 very bold and nearly horizontal, 8 to 12 in. long, 3*5 to 6 in. long; 

 petioles 75 to 2*25 in. long. Panicles stout 8 to 9 in. long, blood 

 red. Flowers "35 in. across, pink; pedicels very short. Sepals 5, 

 ovate-lanceolate, subacute. Petals 5, linear-oblong, acute, twice 

 as long, clawed; nerve 2- to 3-fid thickened at the base. Disc 

 cylindric. Stamen i, perfect; staminodes rather long. Drupe 

 oblong, green, 3 to 4 in. long. Hab. Orchards and villages. Singa 

 pore; Malacca, and most of the southern part of the peninsula. 

 Disirib. Siam, Malay islands. Native name : Bachang or M'bachang. 



Fruits much used, especially in curries. Very conspicuous in flower, from 

 its bright red panicles. 



(15) M. macrocarpa Bl. Bijdr. 1158; M. fragrans, Maing. in 

 Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 18; King, I.e. 475. 



Glabrous tree. Leaves narrow linear-lanceolate acuminate 

 undulate, base acute; nerves 25 to 35 pairs, slender, 6 to 10 in. 

 long, i'25 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles i to 2 in. long. Panicles 6 to 

 7 in. long, stout, terminal, spreading. Flowers 3 in. long ; pedicels 

 thickened upwards. Sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate. Petals 5, linear- 

 oblong, ridges i to 3. Stamens i fertile, 4 sterile. Drupe oblong- 

 globose, oblique, yellow-fleshed. Hab. Rare and probably intro- 

 duced. Malacca (Maingay). Disirib. Malay Isles. 



