This species is seen as no more than a synonym of Mangifera caloneura Kurz in some treatments[].

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General Information

Mangifera duperreana is an evergreen tree that can grow 30 - 40 metres tall, though it is usually smaller. The bole can be up to 60cm in diameter[, ].
The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

Southeast Asia - Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam.

Habitat

On rocks in lowland forests[]. Found in both lowland, evergreen rain forest with all year-round rainfall, and in monsoon (deciduous) forest. Sometimes also found in savannahs, where the trees are short and with crooked boles[].

Properties

Edibility Rating
Other Uses Rating
Habit	Evergreen Tree
Height	30.00 m
Pollinators	Insects
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

The fruits are small and inferior, but contain a white edible flesh with a turpentine taste[]. Fruit an oblongoid drupe, small[]. The smooth-skinned, yellowish or orange, oblong to globose, mango-shaped fruit is 5 - 6 cm long with a sweetly-acid, whitish pulp[].

Young, sour-tasting leaves are eaten raw[].

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

The wood is whitish, used as timber[].
The wood used for making boards should be greyish-white; to improve durability these are soaked for some time in water[].

Propagation

Seed -

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