Saipan Mango

Description

Mangifera odorata (commonly known as kwini, kweni, kuweni, kuwini, kuini, or Saipan mango) is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is commonly found along coastal towns or travel routes in Southeast Asia. "Also found in Peninsular Thailand, South Sulawesi and in Philippines on South coast of Mindanao, in Sulu Archipelago and neighboring islands". "It is a well known fruit tree commonly cultivated in villages throughout Southeast Asia". M. odorata has a skin that is yellow to green in colour. The flesh of the fruit has an orange to yellow colour and is sour or sweet when eaten. The fruits are round in shape and have a smooth skin that range from yellow-green.The flesh of the fruit has an orange to yellow colour and is sour or sweet when eaten.The tree flowers have a pleasant fragrance. The fruits are round or oblong in shape and have a skin that ranges from yellow-green. Mangifera odorata is a fruit plant that grows approximately 10–15 m in height, hardly ever growing past 20 m. The crown has a wide round shape. The trunk stands in an upright straight position that appears to have a grayish colour "containing and irritant sap". Leaf morphology is "oblong-lance shaped" that has a "non-wavy edge". Veins are also noticeable on the leaf. The plant has flowers are approximately 6 mm wide, emit a pleasant scent as well as appear to be yellowish-green in colour. The rachis has a reddish-brown colour. Petals are lance-shaped and at the base have a yellowish colour but turn dark red later on. The apex or tip of the petal is pale pink in colour.The sepals which appear to be brown-red or partly green in colour look oval shaped and are roughly 3–4 mm long. Within the flower, there is 1 fertile stamen that serve in reproduction and is about 5 mm in length. The staminodes which are approximately 1.5–2 mm long.Another reproductive organ called the ovary is round in shape, yellowish to dark red and about 3–5 mm in length. The pollen is "elliptic and tapering towards poles"