Mangifera indica (Mango)

Description:

The mango tree is 30 to 100 ft (approx. 10-30 m) high, with a broad and circular canopy, which can exceed 100 to 125 feet (30-38 m) in width or a more shorter, more vertical, oval cover. In deep soil, the taproot falls to a depth of 20 ft (6 inches) and the abundant, widespread feeder system also sends down many anchor roots, penetrating for several feet. The tree han long life, some are estimated to be 300 years old and still prolific. Alternating leaves are almost always green, mainly in rosettes at the tips of the branches and numerous twigs, from which they drop on slim pétioles 1-4 in (2.5-10 cm) in length, like ribbons. The younger leaves are reddish, rosy, deep-rose or wine-red, and occur occasionally and irregularly on many branches at a time. They emerge dark green and shiny overhead, white underneath. The middle group is light and clear and the numerous horizontal lines are distinct. Full-grown leaves can have a length of 4 to 12.5 in (10 to 32 cm) and a width of between 3/4 and 2 1/8 in (2 to 5.4 cm). Hundreds and perhaps as many as 3,000 to 4,000 tiny, yellowish or rose-based flowers, 25% to 98% male, and other hermaphroditic flowers are born in large, showy, erect, pyramidal, 2 1/2 to 15 1/2 in (6-40 cm) high embodiments. The form, scale, color and consistency of the fruits varies greatly. They can be nearly circular, oval, ovoid, or rather renal, sometimes with a split at the top, and typically more or less lop-side-shaped. They measure between 2 1/2 and 10 inches (6.25-25 cm) tall, with certain ounces ranging between 4 and 5 lbs (1.8-2.26 kg). The skin is leathery, waxy, shiny, relaxingly soft, oily, and varies in light- or dark-green, clear-green, yellow-orange, yellow and reddish-pink, or more or less blushed, with sparkling or dark-red or purple-red spots, medium or translucent white, gray or black, when completely grown. Some have a turpentine scent and taste, while others are warm and naturally odorous. The skin differs from dark orange to light yellow. It’s basically peachy, but much more fibrous (excessively strict in certain plants); it’s very juicy and has a variety of flavors, from very sweet to mild. It is a single yellowish-white, smooth and longitudinally ribbed, somewhat woody block, flattish, oval or kidney-shaped, often very elongated. This may have a coat with short or long fibers on one side that stick to the flesh’s interior or it can be nearly fiberless and open. The stone produces starchy crop, monoembryonic or polyembryonic (normally generating more than one planting).