Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae > Mangifera > Mangifera foetida

Mangifera foetida (bachang; Horse Mango)

Synonyms: Mangifera horsfieldii; Mangifera indica (heterotypic); Mangifera leschenaultii

Wikipedia Abstract

Mangifera foetida (also called horse mango, malmut, limus, bachang and machang) is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is found in wet-land rainforest regions of Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The fruit is edible. However, young fruits extrude sap that can cause blisters. Mature fruits have a strong smell.
View Wikipedia Record: Mangifera foetida

Attributes

Janka Hardness [2]  1120 lbf (508 kgf) Soft
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Specific Gravity [3]  0.525
Structure [1]  Tree

Predators

Chlumetia transversa[4]
Lymantria atemeles[4]
Orthaga icarusalis[4]
Thosea unifascia[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 3Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0