| Type | Indigenous |
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| Family | Anacardiaceae |
| Synonym | Mangifera pinnata L.f. |
| Synonym_2 | Spondias mangifera Willd. |
| Local Name | Ambazham |
| Trade Name | Indian Hog-plum |
| Habit | Large sized tree |
| Tree Seed | Fruit type: Drupe. Seed weight: 126 to 290 stones/kg (Rai 1999; Kumar and Bhanja, 1992; Chacko et al., 2002). Vernacular name: Ambalam, mampali, Pulimayu, Amara, Ambara, Ambazham (Malayalam), Pulicchi (Tamil) (Bourdillon, 1908), Kattumavu, Katambalam (Tamil), Amra (Hindi & Beng.) (Chacko et al., 2002). Flowering season: December to April (Bourdillon, 1908). Fruiting season: Ripen in September to October (Bose et al., 1998). December to May (Sen Gupta, 1937; Chacko et al., 2002). February - March, July to November (Bourdillon, 1908). Germination type: Epigeous. Germination percentage: 25 to 40, 60 (Rai,1999) to 80 (Kumar and Bhanja, 1992; Chacko et al., 2002). Method of propagation: By seeds. |
| Botanical Features | Deciduous trees, bark 15-25 mm thick, surface grey to pale brown, smooth, vertically striated; outer bark 1 mm thick, dead, corky; inner bark semi fibrous, pink, streaked with white; blaze pink; exudation colour less, gummy. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, clustered at the end of branches, estipulate; rachis 25-45 cm, slender, glabrous, swollen at base; leaflets 5-21, opposite or subopposite; petiolule 2-8 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 4-23 x 2.5-10 cm, oblong, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, base obtuse, subacute, oblique or round, apex acuminate or obtusely acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, chartaceous or membranous; lateral nerves many, parallel, flowers yellowish-white, fruit a fleshy drupe, 3.8-5 cm long, yellow, seeds 1-3, pendulous, oblong. |
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