Authors : U. W. Fule, S. S. Nimgare and P. M. Telkhade
Page Nos : 4-6
Description :
Records indicate that mango has been in cultivation on the Indian subcontinent for well over 4000 years. It is
native of tropical Asia and introduced wherever the climate is sufficiently warm and damp. It is now completely
naturalized in many parts of the tropics and subtropics and here and there a component of manure secondary
vegetation. Trees of the Anacardiaceae family vary in sizes according to variety and can be from 3 to 30 meters tall,
typically heavy branched from a stout trunk. Leaves spirally arrnaged on the branches, tanceolate – elliptical
pointed at both ends, the blades mostly up to about 25 cm long and 8 cm wide, sometimes much larger reddish,
and thinly flaccid when first formed (new flush). Inflorescences are large terminal pannicles of small, polygamous,
fragrant, yellow to pinkish flowers. Fruit is a drupe, variously shaped, according to the variety from ellipsoid to
obliquely reniform, 5 to 15 cm long.Traditional and nutritional uses of magnifera indica common and well known
to us. In addtion to them, this plant is also used in pharmaceutics to prepare herbal medicines. In the present
investigation clinical uses of magnifera showing allergenic anthelmintic, antinematodal, antiviral, anti-yeast,
ascaricidal, cytotoxic, hypoglycemic, insecticidal, larvicidal, molluscicidal, mutagenic activities were recorded.
Key words: Mangifera indica, vegetation, medicine, inflorescences.
