Mangifera indica, commonly known as mango, is an evergreen[3] species of flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae.

[4] It can grow up to 15–30 metres (50–100 feet) tall[7] with a similar crown width and a trunk circumference of more than 3.7 m (12 ft).

[9] Yellow-white fragrant flowers appear at the end of winter through the beginning of spring, varying with location.

The Neelum variety produces two crops a year in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, but it flowers only once in North Indian conditions.

[4] The interior flesh is bright orange and soft with a large, flat pit in the middle.

[14] Mangoes are believed to have originated from the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India.

M. indica were domesticated separately in South Asia and Southeast Asia over centuries, resulting in two distinct genetic populations in modern mangoes – the "Indian type" and the "Southeast Asian type".

[17] Since their domestication in southeastern Asia, mangoes have been introduced to other warm regions of the world.