Mango tree - Mangifera indica ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Sub-family: Anacardioideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Mangifera indica
Common name: Mango tree

Vertical photograph ( אד )

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Miami, USA - 20 November 2016 (more photos)

Origin
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South India
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
fruit
Harvest method:
hand picking
Shelf life:
medium shelf life
Yield first season:
2.5 kg
Yield top season:
15 kg
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
fruit
delicatesy
Medicinal
no part
no effect
medicals
Lipids leaves
(steam distillation
)
medium
Mango leaf oil
0.10%
0.80%
 liphids
Apiculture:
low
 honey
Fruit:
very good
 fruits
Nut:
inedible
 nuts
Fodder:
inapplicable
 fodder
Wood stem / wood
fair
Mango wood
 550ρ 550ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 1.75 credits 4,200 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • fruit
  • timber
  • fuel
  • fodder
  • apiculture
  • poison/herbicide
  • tannin
  • ornamental
  • mulch

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Plant Details
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Orlando, Florida, USA - 15 November 2016 (more photos)

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
20
 m tallest
Crown width:
17
 m widest
Planting distance:
1,200
 cm
Row distance:
1,200
 cm
Growing speed:
slow
 fastest
Shade tolerance:
full sun
 umbra

Roots
Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
deep
 hexagon
MycorRhiza:
endo-mycorrhizae
 AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
Glomus intraradices
 M-fungi
N-fixing:
not able to
 N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
N-bact.

Crop Timing
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 4 - 6 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
90
 Years fastest
Lifespan:
300
 Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

Regeneration
Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: monoecious
 specials
Pollinators:
bees
 specials
Allelopathy: not allelopathic resists
Abscission: evergreen specials
Invasiveness: not invasive weeds
Thorns: no thorns fencers

Environment
Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 0m 600 m 1,200m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 5°C 24°C 27°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 300 mm 1400 mm 2,500 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 5.5 7.5 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
sand
Climate:
tropical

Seeds
Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
recalcitrant
Seed viability:
1
 months
Seed weight:
0
0
 seeds/kg

Tolerances
Parameter Value Top-50
Salt tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants
Wind tolerance:
tolerants
Fire tolerance:
intolerant
 tolerants

Pests and Diseases
Pests:
Diseases:

Propagation instruction
  • (1) Store harvested seeds in water or in the fruit at room temperature
  • (2) Soak the seeds overnight in warm water before sowing.
  • (3) press the seeds twice its size in the soil soil.
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(more photos) Cross City, USA - 17 November 2016
(more photos)

Seeds Market
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Additional Photos
Stem photo: Crop's photo:
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Mainu, Makueni, KE - 27 May 2013 (more photos) (more photos)