Mangifera foetida Lour.
Family
Anacardiaceae
Synonyms
Mangifera horsfieldii Miq.
Vernacular Names
| Malaysia | Machang (General), bacang, pauh (Sabah). |
| Indonesia | Membacang, bacang (General), limus (Sundanese, Java), asem hambawang (Kalimantan). |
| Thailand | Machang (Malay, Peninsular), mamut, malamut (Thai, Peninsular). |
| Myanmar | La-môt. |
| Cambodia | Svaay sââ. |
| Vietnam |
Xo[af]i h[oo]i. |
Geographical Distributions
Mangifera foetida is distributed in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Moluccas, possibly also Sulawesi; cultivated and sometimes also naturalised in Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, Thailand and the Lesser Sunda Islands.
Description
Mangifera foetida is a medium-sized to fairly large tree that can reach up to 40 m tall. Its straight bole measures up to 100 cm in diametre and buttresses are absent. The surface of the bark is shallowly fissured and whitish-grey to reddish-brown.
The leaves are oblong to elliptical-oblong or elliptical and measuring 12-30 cm x 10-15 cm.
The inflorescence is pseudo-terminal, pyramidal and usually hairless. The flowers are 5-merous, with petals 6-10 mm long, pinkish, violet red at the base, with whitish apex and with a broad short ridge on the inner surface at the base which is split into 3(-5) branches. The disk is stipe-like and short, with one fertile stamen (rarely two) and connate at the base with 2-4 unequal staminodes.
The fruit is nearly globular, slightly oblique, measuring up to 14 cm in diametre, glossy and yellowish-green, while turning green or brownish when ripens.
Ecology / Cultivation
Mangifera foetida occurs in wet, evergreen lowland forests up to 1000(-1500) m altitude. The density of the wood is 545-785 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content.
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References
- Plant Resources of South-East Asia No. 5(2): Timber trees: Minor commercial timbers.
