Mangifera zeylanica

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Mangifera zeylanica or “Sri Lanka Wild Mango” is a wild species of mango tree endemic to Sri Lanka. This stately tree is the tallest member of the Mango or Mangifera genus and one of the two tallest trees in the Anacardiaceae family. The mango fruits are edible and have an excellent taste. It is called "Aetamba" (ඇටඹ) or "Wal Amba" in Sinhala and “Kaddu-ma” in Tamil. The well-known British botanist and explorer Joseph Dalton Hooker first...