Originally from Asia. It belongs to the family Anacardiaceae and to the genus Mangifera.
It is a medium-sized tree with cylindrical trunk of gray-brown color and longitudinal cracks, dense and oval or globular cup, alternate leaves, irregularly spaced, inflorescence in panicles, polygamous flowers, yellowish green color and the fruit is a great a fleshy drupe that may contain one or more embryos.
The main producing countries are Nigeria, the Congo and Egypt.
