8,743
edits
Changes
no edit summary
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
}}
}}
{{Inc|
Mangifera verticillata, Rob. Bauno. A large tree, 50 ft. or more in height: lvs. in whorls of 4, narrowly elliptic- obovate to obovate, glabrous, about 4-6 in. long, 2-3 in. broad; petiole 1-1 ½ in- long: panicles 8-12 in. long, tomentose; fls. on stout, tomentose pedicels; petals narrowly oblanceolate, bluish, margins inrolled; fertile stamen 1, staminodes 4, irregularly shaped: fr. oblong-oval to pyriform, 4 ½ -6 in. long, yellowish green; stone large, very fibrous.—A recently described species from the southern Philippines. Its fr., which ripens in Aug. and Sept. is described by Wester as "very juicy, rich, subacid, quite aromatic, of excellent flavor, partaking of the flavor of the apricot and soursop combined." It is thought to be of considerable horticultural value.
}}
{{Inc|
{{Inc|
Mangifera caesia, Jack. Binjai. A large, stately tree, with stout branchlets: lvs. cuneate-obovate to elliptic, 6 -16 in. long, 2 ½ -3 ½ in. broad, somewhat glabrous; petiole ¼ -l in. long: panicle stout, much branched; fls. on short, stout pedicels; sepals broadly ovate, pubescent; petals erect, linear, concave, purplish; disk slightly lobed; perfect stamen 1, the imperfect ones reduced to teeth; style slender: fr. oblong-obovate. Malacca and other Malayan islands.—The frs. are eaten by the natives, but are said to be very poor.
Mangifera caesia, Jack. Binjai. A large, stately tree, with stout branchlets: lvs. cuneate-obovate to elliptic, 6 -16 in. long, 2 ½ -3 ½ in. broad, somewhat glabrous; petiole ¼ -l in. long: panicle stout, much branched; fls. on short, stout pedicels; sepals broadly ovate, pubescent; petals erect, linear, concave, purplish; disk slightly lobed; perfect stamen 1, the imperfect ones reduced to teeth; style slender: fr. oblong-obovate. Malacca and other Malayan islands.—The frs. are eaten by the natives, but are said to be very poor.