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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Kwini, Kuweni Mango, Kuwini, Saipan Mango
Common Names in French:
Kuweni, Mangue Odorante, Manguier à Fruit Odorant, Manguier Odorant
Common Names in Indonesian:
Bembem
Common Names in Malay:
Bemban (Indonesia), Bembem (Indonesia), Kuini, Kweni
Description
Genus Mangifera
Trees
with simple
, entire leaves. Flowers disposed in terminal
panicles, small and polgamous. Calyx deciduous. Petals 4-5, imbricate. Stamens as many as the petals, with only 1 functional stamen. Ovary unilocular
, with a solitary ovule; style filiform
. Fruit a large succulent drupe.
A genus of 40 species in S.E. Asia and Indo-Malaya.[1]
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [2].
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rutanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Sapindales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Anacardiaceae
()
- R. Br., in Tuckey, 1818, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Anacardioideae
()
- Tribe:
Anacardieae
()
- Tribe:
Anacardieae
(
- Subfamily:
Anacardioideae
(
- Family:
Anacardiaceae
(
- Order:
Sapindales
(
- Superorder:
Rutanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author
: Griff. Publication
: Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 417 1854
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Mangifera
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 32 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
M. altissima (Pahutan) · M. caesia (Binjai) · M. camptosperma (Bent-Seeded Mango) · M. casturi (Kalimantan Mango) · M. foetida (Horse Mango) · M. indica (Mango) · M. indica var. Julie (Julie Mango) · M. indica 'Ataulfo' (Mango Ataulfo) · M. indica 'Bailey's Marvel' (Mango) · M. indica 'Beverly' (Mango) · M. indica 'Bombay' (Mango) · M. indica 'Carrie' (Mango) · M. indica 'East Indian' (Mango) · M. indica 'Glenn' (Mango) · M. indica 'Golden Nugget' (Mango) · M. indica 'Haden' (Mango) · M. indica 'Jakarta' (Mango) · M. indica 'Keitt' (Mango) · M. indica 'Kent' (Mango) · M. indica 'Mallika' (Mango) · M. indica 'Nam Doc Mai' (Mango) · M. indica 'Palmer' (Mango) · M. indica 'Philippine' (Mango) · M. indica 'Tfe 02' (Mango 'tfe 02') · M. indica 'Tommy Atkins' (Mango) · M. longipes (Mango Ayer) · M. odorata (Kwini) · M. pentandra (Malaysian Mango) · M. persiciformis (Peach-Shaped Mango) · M. rufocostata (Asem Kiat) · M. siamensis (Thai Mango) · M. sylvatica (Pickling Mango)
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Further Reading
- A dictionary of the plant names of the Philippine Islands / by Elmer D. Merrill. Manila: Bureau of Public Print., 1903. url p. 90, p. 91.
- A supplementary list of the marine fishes of India: with descriptions of 2 new genera and 8 new species / Calcutta: Asiatic Society, 1897. url p. 474.
- An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants, Manila, Bureau of Printing, 1922-26. url p. 468.
- Botanical publications of E.D. Merrill. [New York, etc., 1899- url p. 468.
- Bulletin. Manila, Bureau of printing, 1903- url p. 163, p. 6, p. 98.
- Carotenoids, their comparative biochemistry. New York, Chemical Pub. Co., 1954. url p. 334.
- Check-list of the species of fishes known from the Philippine Archipelago, Manila, Bureau of printing, 1910. url p. 330.
- Experiment station record. Washington: G.P.O., 1889-1946. url p. 441.
- Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 399, p. 406, p. 424, p. 425, p. 437, p. 438.
- Great Basin naturalist memoirs. 1992 [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. url p. 1299, p. 597, p. 750.
- Griffith, W. Posthumous papers bequeathed to the honorable, the East India company, and printed by order of the government of Bengal.: Notul ad plantas asiaticas /by the late William Griffith; arranged by John M'Clelland. 4 1854 Calcutta: Bishop's college press, 1847-1854. url p. 417, p. 757.
- Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. url p. 4, p. 47, p. 83.
- Journal of ethnobiology. 3-5 1983-1985 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 128.
- Minor products of Philippine forests, Manila, Bureau of Printing, 1920-1921. url , , .
- Proceedings of the First Agricultural Conference, Malaya, held at the Chamber of Commerce, Kuala Lumpur, April 25th to 28th 1917.. ..; ed. by L. Lewton-Brain and B. Bunting. Kuala Lumpur, Govt. Printer, 1917. url p. 150.
- The Philippine journal of science. 9 1914 Manila. url p. 105.
- The World List of Threatened Trees WCMC, IUCN url p. 339.
- The flora of Singapore. Singapore, 1900 url p. 67.
- The flora of the Malay Peninsula. By Henry N. Ridley, with illus. by J. Hutchinson. London, L. Reeve & co., ltd., 1922-25. url p. 521, p. 523, p. 524.
- The journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Calcutta: Bishop's College Press, 1832-1936 url p. 474.
- [Publications] - Bureau of Government Laboratories. Manila, Bureau of Public Printing, 1903-1906. url p. 91.
- .
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 12, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 29, 2008)
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Mangifera odorata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-506474
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:69943-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 23354
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 506474
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 69943-1
- IUCN ID: 221520
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: MAOD
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 49031
Footnotes
- Yasin J. Nasir "Mangifera". in Flora of Pakistan Page 19. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Mangifera odorata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
