botanical record · discovered
Mango
Mangifera indica
Mango · Am · Common Indian Mango · Indian mango · Mako · Manga · Mango Tree · Mangobaum · Mangopalme · Mangue
At a glance
Origin / distribution: India(Santal), Panama, Malaya, Mexico, Turkey, Haiti, China, Samoa
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Anasarca, Anemia, Antiseptic, Ascaricide
Science studied: ALANINE, AMBONIC-ACID, ARGININE, ASH
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Anacardiaceae
Scientific name: Mangifera indica
Common names: Mango, Am, Common Indian Mango, Indian mango, Mako, Manga, Mango Tree, Mangobaum, Mangopalme, Mangue
POWO: 69913-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in India(Santal), Panama, Malaya, Mexico, Turkey, Haiti, Elsewhere, China and 13 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Anasarca
- Anemia
- Antiseptic
- Ascaricide
- Asthma
- Astringent
- Bladder
- Bronchitis
show 72 more documented entries
- Catarrh
- Chest
- Cholera
- Circulation
- Cough
- Dentifrice
- Diaphoretic
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Dropsy
- Dysentery
- Dysmenorrhea
- Enterorrhagia
- Fever
- Foot
- Gingivitis
- Gleet
- Glossitis
- Gum
- Hematachezia
- Hemiplegia
- Hemorrhage
- Hemostat
- Hiccup
- Hypertension
- Insomnia
- Jaundice
- Laxative
- Leucorrhea
- Leukorrhea
- Malaria
- Menorrhagia
- Metrorrhagia
- Ophthalmia
- Parasiticide
- Piles
- Poison(Veterinary)
- Respiratory
- Rheumatism
- Rickets
- Ringworm
- Scabies
- Scald
- Scurvy
- Skin
- Sore(Throat)
- Stomach
- Stomachic
- Stomatitis
- Sudorific
- Syphilis
- Throat
- Tonic
- Ache(Tooth)
- Uterus
- Vermifuge
- Burn
- Melaena
- Unguent
- Poison
- Antitussive
- Apertif
- Fungicide
- Hemoptysis
- Liver
- Refrigerant
- Sunstroke
- Taenifuge
- Thirst
- Eye
- Liqueur
- Wart
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- India(Santal)
- Panama
- Malaya
- Mexico
- Turkey
- Haiti
- Elsewhere
- China
- Samoa
- Trinidad
- Iraq
- Curacao
show 9 more documented entries
- Cambodia
- Dominican Republic
- Sumatra
- Guatemala
- Panama(Cuna)
- Asia
- East Indies
- Java
- Brazil
Documented cultural uses
- Anasarca
- Anemia
- Antiseptic
- Ascaricide
- Asthma
- Astringent
- Bladder
- Bronchitis
- Catarrh
- Chest
- Cholera
- Circulation
show 68 more documented entries
- Cough
- Dentifrice
- Diaphoretic
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Dropsy
- Dysentery
- Dysmenorrhea
- Enterorrhagia
- Fever
- Foot
- Gingivitis
- Gleet
- Glossitis
- Gum
- Hematachezia
- Hemiplegia
- Hemorrhage
- Hemostat
- Hiccup
- Hypertension
- Insomnia
- Jaundice
- Laxative
- Leucorrhea
- Leukorrhea
- Malaria
- Menorrhagia
- Metrorrhagia
- Ophthalmia
- Parasiticide
- Piles
- Poison(Veterinary)
- Respiratory
- Rheumatism
- Rickets
- Ringworm
- Scabies
- Scald
- Scurvy
- Skin
- Sore(Throat)
- Stomach
- Stomachic
- Stomatitis
- Sudorific
- Syphilis
- Throat
- Tonic
- Ache(Tooth)
- Uterus
- Vermifuge
- Burn
- Melaena
- Unguent
- Poison
- Antitussive
- Apertif
- Fungicide
- Hemoptysis
- Liver
- Refrigerant
- Sunstroke
- Taenifuge
- Thirst
- Eye
- Liqueur
- Wart
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Anasarca · India(Santal) · "
- Anemia · India(Santal) · "
- Antiseptic · Panama · "
- Ascaricide · Malaya · "
- Asthma · Mexico · "
- Astringent · Turkey · "
- Astringent · Haiti · "
- Astringent · Elsewhere · "
- Astringent · Mexico · "
- Bladder · Mexico · "
- Bronchitis · Elsewhere · "
- Catarrh · Elsewhere · "
- Chest · Mexico · "
- Cholera · Elsewhere · "
- Cholera · India(Santal) · "
- Circulation · China · "
- Cough · Samoa · "
- Dentifrice · Elsewhere · "
- Diaphoretic · Elsewhere · "
- Diarrhea · China · "
- Diarrhea · Elsewhere · "
- Diarrhea · India(Santal) · "
- Diarrhea · Mexico · "
- Diarrhea · Trinidad · "
110 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Proximate Composition, Mineral and Phytochemical Characterization of Mangifera Indica Leaves · 2026 source ↗
- Biosorption behaviour of Mangifera indica biowaste as function of Pretreatment · 2026 source ↗
- Impact of chemical and herbal pre-treatments on shelf life and quality characteristics of dried mango (Mangifera Indica L.) slices. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALANINE
- AMBONIC-ACID
- ARGININE
- ASH
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- BORON
- CALCIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CARBONATE
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CAROTENOIDS
- CITRIC-ACID
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- CYSTINE
- EO
- FIBER
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- FURFUROL
- GABA
- GLUCOSE
- GLYCINE
- HISTIDINE
- IODINE
- ISOMANGIFEROLIC-ACID
- KILOCALORIES
- LEUCINE
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- MANGANESE
- MANGIFERIC-ACID
- MANGIFEROLIC-ACID
- NEO-BETA-CAROTENE-B
- NEROL
- NIACIN
- OLEIC-ACID
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTIN
- ALPHA-PINENE
- POTASSIUM
- PROTEIN
- QUERCETIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SFA
- SILICA
- STEARIC-ACID
- SUCCINIC-ACID
- SULFUR
- TANNIN
- TRYPTOPHAN
- VALINE
- WATER
- MALIC-ACID
- PHENYLALANINE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- KAEMPFEROL
- LYSINE
- MANGIFERONIC-ACID
- NEO-BETA-CAROTENE-U
- SODIUM
- THREONINE
- NERYL-ACETATE
- AMBOLIC-ACID
- CATALASE
- COPPER
- DIPENTENE
- FAT
- FRUCTOSE
- GERANIOL
- IRON
- LAURIC-ACID
- MAGNESIUM
- MANGIFEROL
- MUFA
- NEOXANTHOPHYLL
- 2-OCTENE
- OXALIC-ACID
- PEROXIDASE
- BETA-PINENE
- PUFA
- SERINE
- SUCROSE
- THIAMIN
- ZINC
- ISOLEUCINE
- MANGIFERINE
- SUGARS
- PROLINE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- METHIONINE
- CHLORINE
- GALLOTANNIC-ACID
- XANTHOPHYLL
- GALLIC-ACID
- STARCH
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- TYROSINE
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- VIT-B-6
- LIMONENE
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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