Mango is a tall evergreen tropical tree growing up30 to 100 feet tall with a dense, heavy crown. The evergreen drooping leaves resemble those of peach tree. Coppery to purplish-red at first but becoming green at maturity. They are lance-shaped and often slightly curved. The male and hermaphroditic flowers of mango, small ivory and very numerous, and fruit clusters hand outside the foliage canopy. There are over 500 names varieties of the mango. The peach-like, juicy, flavourous fruit is known all over the world. Within each fruit there is a large flat elongated fibrous stone containing a single seed. Seed colour is cream. Mango varieties produce either monoembryonic or polyembryonic seeds. Polyembryonic seeds contain more than 1 embryo and most of the embryos are genetically identical to the mother tree. Monoembryonic seeds contain 1 embryo and this embryo possesses genes from both parents.

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• Seeds are anthelmintic, antidysenteric. A gruel made of the seeds is taken internally for bleeding piles. Being anthelmintic it gives protection against diarrhoea causal bacteria. • It is a rich source of vitamins A and c and calories. So makes the digestive system more powerful and increases immunity against worms causing diarrhoea and dysentery.