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Indian mango

Mangifera indica

हिन्दी: आम

Indian mango (Mangifera indica) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Mangifera indica
Hindi name
आम
Family
Anacardiaceae, order Sapindales
Group
Plant

The king of fruits, and a feast for wildlife.

  • Spot it Dense dark crown, fragrant flower clusters and fleshy fruit.
  • Home Orchards and villages.
  • Food web Bees visit the blossom; birds, bats and squirrels eat the fruit.
  • Why it matters Flowers feed bees; fruit feeds birds, bats and squirrels who spread seeds; its shade and leaf litter enrich soil and shelter wildlife.

Read more: Mangifera indica on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 1 verified record of this species on iNaturalist in 2026, in Jaipur.[20]

Sources

  1. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  3. Wikidata (Hindi labels for species) (database). Open data, used for Hindi common names.
  4. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  5. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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