XLV. ANACARDIACE.F. 
524 
[Mangi/era. 
Flowers '2 in. across; pedicels slender as long. Sepals 5, ovate. 
Petals 5, lanceolate, longer, ridges 3 to 5. Stamen x, shorter; 
staminodes 4, short. Hab. 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, Notulce iv. 417; Hook. fil. l.c. 16; King , 
l.c. 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 1*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. 
Hab. Orchards. Singapore and Malacca, usuMly 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. fcetida Lour. FI. For. Cochinchine , 160; Hook. fit. 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 1, 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. fit. F.B.I. ii. 18; King, l.c. 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 i*5 in. wide; petioles 1 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- 
ololong, ridges 1 to 3. Stamens 1 fertile, 4 sterile. Drupe oblong- 
globose, oblique, yellow-fleshed. Hab. Rare and probably intro¬ 
duced. Malacca (Maingay). Disirib. Malay Isles. 
