Mangifera indica Aam Mango Amra Aamba

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Mangifera indica

Scientific Name and Description

Mangifera indica L.

Herb Family

Anacardiaceae

Plant type

Tree

Plant Synonyms

Mangifera domestica GAERTN.
Mangifera amba Forssk.
Mangifera anisodora Blanco
Mangifera austroyunnanensis Hu
Mangifera balba Crevost & Lemarié
Mangifera cambodiana (Pierre) Anon.
Mangifera domestica Gaertn.
Mangifera equina Crevost & Lemarié
Mangifera gladiata Bojer
Mangifera kukulu Blume
Mangifera laxiflora Desr.
Mangifera linnaei Korth. ex Hassk.
Mangifera maritima Lechaume
Mangifera mekongensis (Pierre) Anon.
Mangifera montana B.Heyne ex Wight & Arn.
Mangifera oryza Crevost & Lemarié
Mangifera rostrata Blanco
Mangifera rubra Bojer
Mangifera sativa Roem. & Schult.
Mangifera siamensis Warb. ex Craib
Mangifera viridis Bojer

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English	Mango
Hindi	aam, am, am-ka-per, ama, amb, amb/am, amba, ambe, ambo, amra, amuva, anb-ka-per, kairi, keri
Kannada	amba, ambaro, balli maavu, ballimavu, candramavu, chandra maavu, chandramavu, jeerige maavu, jiragemavu, kaadugenasina gadde, kaligaala gida, kukku, kulike, maavina mara, maavu, manmatha, marveen, mava, mavan, mavena, mavi, mavina, mavina-hannu, mavina-mara, mavinamara, mavinamra, mavu, mawa, rasala, rasala mara, shimavu, simavu, suka, toremavu
Malayalam	amram, cutam, gomanna, gomanne, mangas, mango, manna, mao, mau, mav, mava, mavina, mavu, mavva, moochi, mucci, much-chi-maram, muchi, nattumavu, tenmavu
Marathi	aamba, am, amba, ambo
Sanskrit	alipriya, amra, amrah, amravrikshaha, amva, atisairrabha, bhramarapriya, bhringabhishta, chukralatamra, chuta, chutaka, chutu, cuta, cutah, gandhabandhu, joota, kamanga, kamaphala, kamarasa, kamashara, kamavallabha, kamayudha, kameshta, keshavayudha, kireshta, kokilananda, kokilavasa, kokilotsava, koshi, madadhya, madha-dut, madhavadruma, madhuduta, madhukara, madhuli, madhvavasa, madirasakha, makanda, manjari, manmathalaya, manmathavasa, manodna, modakhya, mrishalaka, nilakapittha, nriyapapriya, parapushtamahotsava, phalashreshtha, phalotpatti, pikapriya, pikaraga, pikavallabha, priyambu, rasala, sahakara, shareshta, shatapadatilhi, shukrapriya, sidhurasa, sripriya, sumadana, vanotswa, vasantadru, vasantaduta
Tamil	adishelarayam, akkapiram, akkappiram, akki, ambiram, amiram, amiratam, ampiram,aticaurapam, cakaram, cakiyam, cakkaram, cakkaramaram, cakkirakaram, cakkiram, cakkirattitam, calam, cankiraki, catpatati, catpatatiti,cavakay, cavakayamaram, cavatavam, cavatayilam, cekaracam, cekarajamaram, cekaram, cekaram, cetaram, cetika, cincam,cipivallapam, cirima, citaram, civamatitam, civamatitamaram, cukapiccakam, culli, curan, cutam, ekin, ilanci, inar, inarmamaram, iracalam, iracam, iradam, irai, iraima, iraimamaram, iratam, ivuli, kacakkar, kacakkarmaram, kaccukam, kachakkar, kakkar, kakkaram, kakkoram, kamacaram, kamam,kamankam, kamaracam, kamavallapam, kanakkutirai, kantamaturam, kantapantu, kapitanam, karaccuvatam, kentapattira, kilimukkuma, kocini, kogilorsavam, kokilanantam, kokilanantamaram, kokilavacam,kokilorcavam, kokku, kokkukkali, kokkukkalimaram, kokkumaram, kosamkosamaram, kosi, kotam,kottulatam, kutirai, kutiraimaram, ma, ma-maram, maa, maa maram, madi, makakalam, makantamaram, makaracal, makarakalam, makarakantam,makarantam, makarantika, makarantikamaram, malai, mam, mamaram, mampalam, manga-maram, mankai, mankaputpam, manmatalayam, manmatankanai, mantalati, manti, mantirakam, mantirakamaram, mati, matimi, matimimaram, matiyakantam, mattipakantam, mattipakantamaram, mattiyakantam, matuli, matulika, matulikamaram, matuma, matututam, mirutakam, mirutalakam,mirutalakamaram, niccanatari, nilakkapittam, nivimaram, nuvanai, omai, palacirestamaram, palacirettam, palalatokatam, palalatotakam, palalatotakamaram, palaltokatam, palatokam, palatokatam, palorpati, palorpatimaram, palorpatti, paramar, paraputtamatorcavam, picapantu, pikapantu, pikapentu, pikarakam, pikavallapam, pikavalli, pikkakam, pikupantu, piru, tecalam#, tecamamaram, tecaravam, tecavam, tevam, tevamamaram, tevamaram, titalaka, titalakamaram, titalam, titanam, tumaram, uyirttavam, vacantatiru, vacantatutam, vacattiru, vauvaviyam, vauvaviyamaram, vauvutavi, vauvutavimaram
Telugu	amramu, amu, cutamu, elamaavi, elamavi, guddzumamidi, gujjumaamidi, gujjumamidi, maakandamu, maamidi, maavi, maavidi, maavudi, makandamu, mamadi, mamedi, mamid, mamide, mamidi, mamidi-chettu, maumedee, mavi, mavidi, raacha maamidi, raasamaamidi, racamamidi, rasamamidi, ratsamamidi, sutamu, suthamu, thiyyammamidi, tiyyamamidi
Tibetan	a ma i bras bu, a mai bras bu, sin lcan go
Urdu	abanj, amba, anba, murbiyat
Common name	mango

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Homoeopathy

Tibetan

Folk

Sowa Rigpa

Pharmacological profile

Phytochemicals

Herb usable parts

Fruits

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Mangifera indica L.

Habit- Tree

Parts used - Whole plant

Application - Malaria; toothache; asthma; bleeding; ulcer; frequent urination; cholera; delivery pain; boils; blisters; wound; anti diabetic; snakebite; chronic dysentery; liver diseases; contraceptive; anifertility; mouth sores; rheumatism; urethritis; diptheria; diarrhoea; pruritis; scabies; skin diseases; antibacterial

Treatment - General; pregnant women

References - Arjunan et al. 2016, Dey and De 2012, Jain 2004, Rao et al. 2006