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Mangifera sylvatica R.

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Date

1795-1804

Artist

Unknown Artist (Company School)

Collection

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : The Roxburgh Collection

Acknowledgements

Digitised by TWW

Description

ROX2189.
In his 'Flora Indica', Roxburgh describes this species as a native of the mountains adjoining Sylhet, where it grows to attain a great size. It flowers in October, and the fruit ripens in February and March. Roxburgh also notes that the natives eat the fruit of this species, '...though by no means so palatable as even a bad domestic mango...', and that they dry it too, formedicinal purposes.
Roxburgh, 'Flora Indica' (1832) v.1, p.644.

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Location

South Asia

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Plants
Flowers
Flora

Category

Glossary
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