What is the botanical name of mango and orange?
The mango, Mangifera indica, (the only species of mango considered here) is a member of the cashew family, Ancardiaceae. The members of this family are trees or shrubs with inconspicuous flowers often produced in large clusters, the fruit frequently being attractive and edible. According to Mukherjee, there are 41 species of Mangifera distributed throughout the Indo-Malaysian area from india to New Guinea and the Philippines, 17 of these bearing edible fruit. The thick and leathery, short-pointed leaves are elliptic-oblong or laceolate in shape and are relatively long and narrow, often becoming 12 inches or more in length; they are usually deep green in color when mature but in varying shades of brownish-red in new flushes. The leaves are borne on short petioles (stems) swollen at the base. The stem contains a milky or watery sap which is more prominent in some varieties than others. The growth of the mango tree occurs in cycles or vegetative flushes and takes place mainly in the sprin
