Mangifera indica (
Mangifera indica) is a
species of
mango in the
Anacardiaceae family. It is found in the wild in
India and
Pakistan where it is indigenous and are
cultivated varieties have been introduced to other warm regions of the world. It is the largest fruit-tree in the world, capable of a height of one-hundred feet and an average circumference of twelve to fourteen feet, sometimes reaching twenty. The species appears to have been domesticated in India at around 2000 BC. The species was brought to
East Asia around 400-500 BCE from India; next, in the 15th century to the
Philippines; and then, in the 16th century to
Africa and
Brazil by the
Portuguese. The species was described for science by
Linnaeus in 1753.