Mangifera indica

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	SAPINDALES	ANACARDIACEAE

Scientific Name:

Mangifera indica

Species Authority:

Common Name/s:

English

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Mango

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	The common mango has been cultivated for thousands of years and now has a pantropical distribution. Wild populations can be found in Assam, India and Myanmar, especially the Assam-Chittagong Hills.
Countries:	Native: India Introduced: Bangladesh; China (Fujian, Hainan, Yunnan); Indonesia (Kalimantan); Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah); Myanmar; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Viet Nam
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There is a protected population in the biosphere reserve on the Mysore Plateau, India.

Conservation Actions:

There is a protected population in the biosphere reserve on the Mysore Plateau, India.

Bibliography [top]

	Dassanayake, M.D. and Fosberg, F.R. (eds) 1980. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Amerind Publishing Company, New Delhi. Erfurth, T. and Rusche, H. 1976. The marketing of tropical wood. FAO, Rome. Guan, S.L. 1987. Conservation of the mango and its relatives in Peninsular Malaysia. Forest Research Institute of Malaysia. World Wildlife Fund Malaysia Project MAL 80/85. Mukherjee, S.K. 1985. Systematic and ecogeographic studies of crop genepools: 1. Mangifera L. Rome, IBPGR Secretariat. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Penafiel, S. 1990. Annotation to list of tropical timbers for the Philippines. Smith, N.J.H., Williams, J.T., Plucknett, D.L. and Talbot, J.P. 1992. Tropical forests and their crops. Cornell University, USA. Werner, W. 1995. Annotations to WCMC printout entitled 'Conservation status listing for Sri Lanka'. Whitmore, T.C. 1990. Comments on draft listing of tropical timbers of Peninsular Malaysia. Whitmore, T.C., Tantra, I.G.M. and Sutisna, U. (eds) 1989. Tree Flora of Indonesia. Forest Research and Development Centre, Bogor, Indonesia.

Dassanayake, M.D. and Fosberg, F.R. (eds) 1980. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Amerind Publishing Company, New Delhi.

Erfurth, T. and Rusche, H. 1976. The marketing of tropical wood. FAO, Rome.

Guan, S.L. 1987. Conservation of the mango and its relatives in Peninsular Malaysia. Forest Research Institute of Malaysia. World Wildlife Fund Malaysia Project MAL 80/85.

Mukherjee, S.K. 1985. Systematic and ecogeographic studies of crop genepools: 1. Mangifera L. Rome, IBPGR Secretariat.

Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

Penafiel, S. 1990. Annotation to list of tropical timbers for the Philippines.

Smith, N.J.H., Williams, J.T., Plucknett, D.L. and Talbot, J.P. 1992. Tropical forests and their crops. Cornell University, USA.

Werner, W. 1995. Annotations to WCMC printout entitled 'Conservation status listing for Sri Lanka'.

Whitmore, T.C. 1990. Comments on draft listing of tropical timbers of Peninsular Malaysia.

Whitmore, T.C., Tantra, I.G.M. and Sutisna, U. (eds) 1989. Tree Flora of Indonesia. Forest Research and Development Centre, Bogor, Indonesia.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Mangifera indica. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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