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Bambangan

Mangifera pajang

Bambangan
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0

Bambangan (Mangifera pajang) is a tall forest tree from Borneo, grown for its large, aromatic fruit rather than commercially. It is a species that is hard to cultivate outside its native forest, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Anacardiaceae (Cashew family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during establishment and water in dry spells.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich forest-type soil.
Temperature
22–34 °C; protect from frost and temperatures below 15 °C.
How easy
Hard
Safety
Toxic: The peel and sap contain a corrosive latex that can burn the lips and cause blisters.
Native range
Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Mangifera pajang, commonly known as wild mango, is a species of tree in the family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to Borneo, where it is known by the various native names: buah bambangan, buah mawang and buah embang.

Other Mangifera plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mangifera pajang 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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