Mangifera indica ANACARDIACEAE

Sample information

Sample ID155-7-2b
Speciesindica
GenusMangifera
FamilyANACARDIACEAE
Common namemango
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Morphology

Pollen / Sporepollen
Morphologic typetricolporate
Surface patternreticulate
Reticulum homogeneityhomobrochate
Equatorial sizemin 22.1, mean 23.8, max 25.9
Polar sizemin 24.2, mean 25.9, max 29.1
Equatorial shapesubprolate, prolate
Polar shapecircular
Grain arrangementdicot
Aperture count3
Pore surface shapelalongate
Wall thickness2
Dispersal formmonad

Ecology and Geography

Plant typeangiosperm
Floristic region(s)Australia (tropical)
Cultivated?True
Ecology notesWagner, W.L., D.R. Herbst and S.H. Sohmer. 1999. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i. Revised edition. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu.
Habitat notesOriginates from the Indo-Burmese region. Common in tropical summer rainfall regions. Cultivated in practically all tropical and some subtropical regions (Wagner et al., 1999). commonly cultivated and often naturalized in valleys, abandoned homesites, and through accidental plantings from discarded seeds (Wagner et al., 1999).

Collection

CollectorMark Myerscough
InstitutionCharles Darwin University ID by Bob Harwood (N.T. Herbarium)
ANU access code17009
Collection methodfloral reference
Collection siteTiwi Islands, Northern Territory
Collection countryAustralia
Collection date2004-08-12
Collection notesKimberley Region, Western Australian Pollen Flora. Also found in Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean.
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