Synonyms:

• (=) Mangifera austroyunnanensis Hu
• (=) Mangifera mekongensis anon.
• (=) Mangifera siamensis Warb. ex Craib

Common names:

• common mango  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• Indian mango  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• mango  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• mangue  (Source: CultTropS) - French
• manguier  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• Mango  (Source: pers. comm.) - German
• Mangobaum  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• Mangopalme  (Source: pers. comm.) - German
• manga  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• mangueira  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• manga  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• mango  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• amba  (Source: L Oman) - Transliterated Arabic

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental (fide Trop Flow Pl)
• Human food: beverage base (fide CultTropS)
• Human food: fruit (fide CultTropS)
• Gene sources: graft stock relative for mango (for several species of Mangifera fide Acta Hort 1075:37. 2015)
• Gene sources: primary genetic relative of mango (based on "use of genetic variability" within mango fide Acta Hort 341:71. 1993)
• Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide Kingsbury; Lampe & McCann)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Assam]
• INDO-CHINA: Myanmar


Cultivated (widely cult. in tropics)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Bompard, J. M. 1993. The genus Mangifera re-discovered: the potential contribution of wild species to mango cultivation Acta Hort. 341:69-77.
3. Campbell, R. J. & N. Ledesma 2015. Mango cultivars with potential for commercial development Acta Hort. 1075:33-40.
4. Ghazanfar, S. A. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2. 1992 (L Oman)
5. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). (Aust Pl Common Names)
6. Kostermans, A. J. G. H. & J. M. Bompard 1993. The Mangoes. Their botany, nomenclature, horticulture and utilization. 1993 (Mangoes) 88-107.
7. Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985 (Lampe & McCann)
8. Llamas, K. A. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation. 2003 (Trop Flow Pl)
9. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
10. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
11. Rehm, S. & G. Espig The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991 (CultTropS)
12. Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=23351. Accessed 16 junio 2026.