Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Mangifera indica
mango, manguero
Trees, 10-20 m tall; branchlets brown, glabrous. Petiole 2-6 cm, grooved apically, inflated basally; leaf blade oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 12-30 × 3.5-6.5 cm, leathery, deep green adaxially, light green abaxially, glabrous on both sides, base cuneate to obtuse, margin entire, undulate, apex acute to long acuminate, lateral veins 20-25 pairs, midrib prominent on both sides, reticulate venation obscure. Inflorescence paniculate, terminal, 20-35 cm, glabrous to tomentose-pilose; bracts ca. 1.5 mm, lanceolate pubescent (WFO, 2022).
It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as animal food, a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food (POWO, 2022).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Sapindales
Family
Anacardiaceae
Genus
Mangifera
Species
indica
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Mangifera austroyunnanensis Hu
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1964
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Its native range is Assam to China (S. Yunnan) (POWO, 2022).
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"Galapagos Species Database, Mangifera indica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=178. Accessed 18 December 2025.