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Mangifera indica
(Anacardiaceae)

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Species description or overview

Mangifera indica (mango) species profile View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Extensive mango information is provided by the traditional tree initiative: Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry (www.traditionaltree.org).

Mangifera indica information from PIER
Information on Mangifera indica as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Mangifera indica information from "Common forest trees of Hawaii" View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Mangifera indica is presented with respect to this species being a forest tree in Hawaii. The information on this site is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) 1989 publication by Little and Skolmen entitled "Common forest trees of Hawaii (native and introduced)."

Mangifera indica information from NTBG
Information about Mangifera indica is available from the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG).


Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Mangifera indica
Nomenclatural information about Mangifera indica is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

Mangifera indica information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Mangifera indica--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Mangifera indica information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Mangifera indica, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Mangifera indica
Nomenclatural information about Mangifera indica is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).


Impacts

Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Mangifera indica as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).


Risk assessments

Mangifera indica weed risk assessment for Hawaii-Pacific
Results of a weed risk assessment for Mangifera indica for the Hawaii-Pacific region are presented by the Hawaii-Pacific Weed Risk Assessment team.


Images

Images of Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae) (mango, manako, meneke)
Links to high-resolution free images of Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae) (mango, manako, meneke) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Mangifera indica information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Mangifera indica in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Leucaena to Pterocarpus images and weed risk assessment scores
Images of trees Leucaena to Pterocarpus, and their weed risk assessment scores, listed alphabetically, are from the University of Hawaii Forestry Extension.

Mangifera indica images from PIER
Images of Mangifera indica provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).


Distribution

Mangifera indica information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Mangifera indica in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Mangifera indica information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Mangifera indica--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.


Where to see this species

Kahoolawe (Kanaloa): natural areas of Hawaii
Forest and Kim Starr provide information about the island of Kahoolawe as a natural area in Hawaii. Links to additional resources are provided, as well as links to images of plant species found on Kahoolawe.


Books

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants
Perry, Frances and Roy Hay. 1982. A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants. Ward Lock Limited, Great Britain. 136 pp. illus. ISBN: 0-442-26859-9.


In the news

Massive mango
A seven pound Keitt mango, nearly a world record, was harvested in Hilo (Honolulu Star Bulletin, 10/31/2009).


Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii.
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Loope L. 2006. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii. An addendum to the 1999 Botanical Survey of Midway Atoll.

Botanical survey of Midway Atoll
Starr, F. and K. Martz. 1999. Botanical survey of Midway Atoll. In: 1995-1999 Baseline Surveys for Alien Species in Marine and Terrestrial Habitats on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii
Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds.) . 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages.

Host specificity and risk assessment of Heteroperryia hubrichi, a potential classical biological control agent of christmasberry (Schinus terebinthifolius) in Hawaii
Hight, Stephen D. 2002. Host specificity and risk assessment of Heteroperryia hubrichi, a potential classical biological control agent of christmasberry (Schinus terebinthifolius) in Hawaii. pp 30-44 in Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds). 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages. from http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/techr/129.pdf accessed 16 March 2008.


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