Mangifera superba
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Description
Tree up to 30 m high.
Leaves coriaceous, oblanceolate, spathulate, or elliptic-lanceolate, 17-40 by 5-12 cm;
Flowers lilac.
Petals spathulate or narrowly elliptic, 20-25 by 5 mm, (the central part of the lower 7-8 mm adnate to the disk);
Stamens 5, all fertile, 8-12 mm;
Panicles terminal, pyramidal, up to 40(-60) cm long, pubescent;
Ovary slightly obovoid, l½ mm ø;
Seed not labyrinthine.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present, Singapore cultivated), Johore present, Malacca present
Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Johore and Malacca).
Cultivated in Singapore.
Cultivated in Singapore.
Notes
As already pointed out by HOOKERF. (l.c.) M. superba is closely allied with M. caesia, in both vegetative and floral characters. It has the largest flowers of Mangifera and seems to be a polyploid 'gigas' form of M. caesia, from which it can easily be distinguished (see key).
An interesting species, very similar to some species of Gluta, e.g. G. renghas, by the attachment of the petals, the number of stamens (5, all fertile), and the cylindric, torus-like disk.
An interesting species, very similar to some species of Gluta, e.g. G. renghas, by the attachment of the petals, the number of stamens (5, all fertile), and the cylindric, torus-like disk.