Mangifera indica, Mavu, Moochi, Mango tree, മാവ്

Family: Anacardiaceae
Vernacular names: Mavu, Moochi, മാവ് (Malayalam), Mango tree (English), Aamra (Sanskrit), Mamaram (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia
Description: Evergreen trees, bark with vertical fissures; blaze yellow. Leaves simple, alternate, clustered at the tips of branchlets, estipulate. Flowers polygamous, yellowish-green, in terminal panicles. Fruit a drupe, oblong-reniform, yellowish-red, mesocarp fleshy, endocarp fibrous; seed sub-reniform.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests and also widely cultivated
Flowering & Fruiting: January-May

Parts used: Tender leaves, flowers, bark, fruit and kernels
Properties & Uses: Ripe mango fruit is rich sources of vitamins A and C is recommended as a laxative, diuretic and restorative tonic. The unripe fruits are used for treating ophthalmia. The seed kernels are used to treat diarrhea and its juice can be inhaled to stop nasal bleeding. The leaves are chewed to give tone to the gums. Burning leaves are inhaled for relief from hiccups.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani, Homeo,
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