Mangifera
(from Mango, the Hindoo name of the fruit, and fero, to bear). ORD. Anacardiaceae. A genus containing less than fourteen species of stove evergreen trees, natives of tropical Asia. Flowers pedicellate, in branched terminal panicles; calyx four or five-partite; petals four or five, spreading, imbricated. Fruit sub-reniform or ovoid, fleshy. Leaves alternate, petiolate, simple, entire, coriaceous. The Mango-tree, M. indica, is sometimes seen in this country, and its fruit has been occasionally grown to perfection. It thrives best in a compost of peat and rich loam. Propagated by cuttings of nearly ripened shoots, insersted in sand, under a glass, and in bottom heat. M. indica (Indian). Mango-tree. fl. whitish, streaked with yellow, disposed in loose terminal bunches or panicles. July. fr. somewhat kidney-shaped, yellowish and reddish, or speckled with black when fully ripe, and replete with a fine agreeable juice. l. oblong-lanceolate, stalked, 7in. to 8in. long, and 2in. or more broad. h. 60ft. East Indies, 1690. (B. M. 4510.)