The mango

The mango

The mango is the fruit of the mango tree, a large tropical tree in the Anacardiaceae family, native to the forests of India, Pakistan and Burma where it still grows in the wild.

This tree, Mangifera indica, has evergreen, dense and dark green foliage. The shape of its fruit is the basis of the cashmere motif. Its name comes from the Portuguese manga, taken from Malayalam മാങ്ങ, māṅga, which comes from Tamil மாங்காய், māṅgāy.

The fruits of other trees, of the genus Irvingia (wild fruits with black spots and their flesh is of a beautiful orange color and an exquisite scent) are called wild mangoes 2, attached to the family of Irvingiaceae.