Mangifera Andamanica
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''Mangifera andamanica'' belongs to the family Anacardiaceae and is endemic to the
Andaman Islands The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a maritime boundary between th ...
in the Bay of Bengal. The fruits are edible and smaller than the Common
Mango A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree ''Mangifera indica''. It is believed to have originated in the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in South a ...
. This species is conserved at the Field Gene bank of Jawaharlal Neheru Tropical Botanic Garden and research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, India.


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andamanica Flora of the Andaman Islands Endangered plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Anacardiaceae-stub