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Mangifera pentandra

1 NParks heritage tree in Singapore: Found in Singapore Botanic Gardens, Lawn F

Mangifera pentandra
Photo: This Photo was taken by Supanut Arunoprayote. Feel free to use any of my images, but please mention me as the author and, CC BY 4.0

Mangifera pentandra is a tropical tree in the cashew family, a wild relative of the mango, native to southern Thailand and the Malay Peninsula. It is grown mainly as a fruiting tree in wet tropical climates rather than as a houseplant.

Family
Anacardiaceae (Cashew family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist while establishing, then water during dry spells.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam with organic matter.
Temperature
22–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Thailand to Pen. Malaysia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Mangifera pentandra is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is found in Malaysia, Singapore, and possibly Thailand.

Other Mangifera plants

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

[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mangifera pentandra 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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