| Synonym |
Spondias mangifera Willd., Spondias acuminata Roxb., Spondias amara Lam. |
Flower Color |
White |
| Common Name |
Ambara |
Flower Type |
Panicle |
| English / Trade Name |
Wild mango, Indian Hog Plum, Hog plum |
Flowering Period |
April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name |
Amra |
Fruiting Period |
July-Sept |
| Altitude |
Upto 1500 m |
Fruit Type |
Drupe |
| Habit |
Tree |
Fruit Details |
Drupe, Ovoid, aromatic, 1-3 Seeded |
| Habitat |
Occasional in evergreen to moist deciduous forests |
Bark Type |
Smooth |
| Distribution |
Indo-Malesia |
Bark Details |
Bark 15-25 mm thick, surface grey to pale brown, smooth, vertically striated; outer bark 1 mm thick, dead, corky; inner bark semi fibrous, pink, streaked with white; blaze pink; exudation colour less, gummy. |
| Distribution in Haryana |
Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar |
Origin |
Native |
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Leaf Type |
Compound |
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Leaf Arrangement |
Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) |
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Leaf Shape |
Pinnate |
| Description of Species |
Deciduous trees upto 25 m high, bark grey to pale brown, smooth, blaze pink; exudation colour less, gummy. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, clustered at the end of branches, estipulate; rachis glabrous, swollen at base; leaflets 5-21, opposite or subopposite; lamina oblong, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, base obtuse, subacute, oblique or round, apex acuminate or obtusely acuminate, margin entire, glabrous. Flowers polygamous, yellowish-white, subsessile, in terminal panicles; calyx small; lobes 5, petals 5, oblong, glabrous. Fruit a fleshy drupe, yellow. seeds 1-3, of which only one is perfect, pendulous, oblong. |
Leaf Details |
Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, clustered at the end of branches, estipulate; rachis glabrous, swollen at base; leaflets 5-21, opposite or subopposite; lamina oblong, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, base obtuse, subacute, oblique or round, apex acuminate or obtusely acuminate, margin entire, glabrous. |
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