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Wild Florida Photo - Mangifera indica - Mango

Mangifera indica L.

Mango

Not native to Florida

Martin Co. FL 05/24/09
Matanzas Prov, Cuba 02/19/19
Matanzas Prov, Cuba 02/19/19
Matanzas Prov, Cuba 02/19/19
Matanzas Prov, Cuba 02/18/19
Martin Co. FL 05/24/09
Martin Co. FL 05/24/09

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An occasional tree of disturbed sites in coastal counties of the central and southern Florida peninsula. Native to Asia, this plant has escaped cultivation and is also introduced in Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Mango trees can grow to be very large, in Florida typically up to 15m (50 ft.). The leaves are simple and dark shiny green with a petiole that is swollen at the base. The small flowers appear in large clusters, most of which are male and producing pollen. Both male and female flowers appear on the same plant and may be white, pinkish, greenish, yellowish or reddish. The fruit is a large and egg-shaped fleshy drupe.
Contact with the outer surface of the fruit and some other parts of the plant may cause a rash in people who are sensitive.


Mangifera indica is a member of the Anacardiaceae - Cashew and Sumac family.


Date record last modified: Dec 25, 2023


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