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Mangifera applanata

Mangifera applanata
Photo: Tropwine, CC BY 4.0

Mangifera applanata is a large rainforest tree from Sumatra, Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia, related to the mango, with small tart greenish-yellow fruit and a large seed. It is a wild species of tropical forest and is not a common garden or houseplant.

Family
Anacardiaceae (Cashew family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the root zone evenly moist during establishment; it is adapted to the wet tropical climate of its native forest.
Soil
Deep, well-drained, humus-rich soil typical of tropical forest.
Temperature
22–34 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Sumatera to Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Mangifera applanata is a species of fruit bearing tree that is part of the family Anacardiaceae.

Where it grows

The species is native to Borneo, Sumatra and the Peninsular Malaysia. It is typically found within tropical rainforest. Like other mango species, they occur as spread out individuals, or sometimes as clusters of roughly a dozen trees.

Other Mangifera plants

Binjai · Mangifera caloneura · Bachang · Mangoso · Mangifera laurina · Kwini · Bambangan · Mangifera pentandra · Sri Lankan mango · Mango

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mangifera applanata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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