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General Information

Mangifera magnifica is an evergreen tree; it usualy grows up to 40 metres tall, though specimens up to 54 metres have been recorded. The bole is up to 90cm in diameter, usually unbuttressed but sometimes with thick ones up to 30cm high[].
The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood - the wood is also traded. The tree is occasionally cultivated for its fruit in some areas, especially Borneo and Sumatra[, ].
The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

Southeast Asia - Malaysia.

Habitat

Evergreen rain forests on well-drained soils at elevations up to 1,300 metres[].

Properties

Conservation Status	Least Concern
Edibility Rating
Other Uses Rating
Habit	Evergreen Tree
Height	40.00 m
Pollinators	Insects
Cultivation Status	Cultivated, Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw. The whitish pulp is soft with a pleasant sweetly-acid flavour when fully mature[]. Some forms have a pungent smell and taste of turpentine similar to the fruit of Mangifera odorata[]. The flesh is generally sour, and is used mainly in the preparation of sambal[]. A sweet-tasting form has been reported[]. The complete lack of fibres in the fruit is remarkable[]. The ovoid to oblong, greyish-green fruit is 10 - 12cm long, 9 - 10cm wide and 8 - 9cm thick, containing a single, large seed[].

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

The wood is a source of 'machang' timber[]. We do not have a specific description for the wood of this speices, but a general description of machang timber is as follows:-
The heartwood is light brown or light grey brown, occasionally with chocolate or black streaky coreword; it is not clearly differentiated from the wide band of sapwood. The texture is moderately coarse to coarse and even; the grain interlocked and wavy. The wood is moderately heavy to heavy; moderately hard; not durable under exposed conditions, being susceptible to fungi, dry wood borers and termites. The wood seasons somewhat rapidly with only a slight risk of checking or distortion; once dry it is moderately stable in service. It can be worked with ordinary tools, there is a slight difficulty resawing when green, but is easy when dry; planing is easy but the surface produced is moderately smooth with grain pick-up on the radial side; nailing and screwing is excellent; gluing is correct. The wood is suitable for light construction, turnery, flooring, interior panelling, boxes, crates, pallets and plywood manufacture[]. Corewood can be used for decorative veneer production[, ].

Propagation

Seed -

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