Mangifera zeylanica

Mangifera zeylanica is a large, slow growing, evergreen tree that can grow up to 35 m (115 ft) tall. The trunk is straight, up to 90 cm (35 in) in diameter, and is free of buttresses. Bark in older trees is rough, deeply fissured, with strips 2–3 cm (0.79–1.18 in) wide, and dark to light brown. The inner bark is orange brown. The wood is greyish white, soft, and coarsely grained. The dark green leaves are stiffly coriaceous, glabrous, and emit a mango aroma when damaged. The leaves are scattered, partly aggregating at the end of twigs. In shape they are spathulate or obovate-oblong or oblanceolate, up to 5 cm (2.0 in) wide and 16 cm (6.3 in) long, tapering towards the base, with a rounded apex in adult trees and with a pointed 7–13 cm (2.8–5.1 in) apex in saplings. The margins are slightly incurved and narrowly decurrent at the base along the petiole. The midrib is raised on both leaf surfaces. Lateral nerves 7 to 14 pairs. Petiole slender, 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) long. Panicles glabrous, erect, up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long, terminal. Flowers whitish and cream yellow coloured, 5–merous, 4 mm (0.16 in) across, not glomerulate. Bracteoles lanceolate, minute, caducous. Pedicel slender, 1 mm (0.04 in). Petals twice as long as sepals. Sepals 5, ovate, acute, 2 mm × 1.5 mm (0.08 in × 0.06 in). Petals 5, elliptic, 3.5 x 2 mm. Disc large, cushion-like, with 5 globose lobes. …

It mainly grows in forests of the intermediate and wet zones up to 800 m (2,600 ft), but can also be found in the Dry Zone along waterways and in moist valley areas. It occurs at low population densities, scattered here and there in forests, and, like many native plants, is declining in unprotected areas.

The fruit is eaten by villagers. The soft wood has been used for making tea cases and the like. The tree is not cultivated, but could be used for crossing and improving mango varieties and as a rootstock.