Mangifera leschenaultii (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Mangifera leschenaultii Marchand
- Protologue: Rév. Anacardiac.: 189 (1869).
Synonyms
Mangifera foetida Lour. var. leschenaultii (Marchand) Engl. (1883).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: limus tipung (Sundanese, Java).
Distribution
Sumatra, western Java, Borneo (Sabah, Kalimantan), Sulawesi, possibly also Peninsular Malaysia; usually cultivated.
Uses
The wood is reputed to be used. The fruit is edible; it is larger, sweeter and less fibrous than that of M. foetida .
Observations
A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, with bole up to 100 cm in diameter, bark surface broadly fissured, greyish-brown; leaves oblong to broadly elliptical, 20-40 cm × 10-16 cm; inflorescence pseudo-terminal, glabrous; flowers 5-merous, petals c. 6.5 mm long, outside bright red, inside dark red with a large yellow spot at base, one stamen fertile, staminodes smaller, fused at the base; fruit oblong, up to 16 cm long, pale yellowish-green when ripe with numerous brown lenticels. M. leschenaultii closely resembles M. foetida but differs in the usually larger leaves, flowers and fruits. It occurs in the lowland, but may be found up to 1000 m altitude. The exudate from the bark and fruit is reported as non-irritant, but this needs to be confirmed.
Selected sources
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