Mangifera decandra Ding Hou, Reinwardtia 8 (1972)

(Latin for 'with ten stamens')

Description
Mid-canopy tree up to 39 m tall and 75 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves in whorls, simple, penni-veined. Flowers ca. 4 mm in diameter, pinkish-red, placed in large panicles. Fruits ca. 100 mm long, green-reddish-brown, fleshy drupe, with edible sweet-sour whitish flesh.

Ecology
Undisturbed lowland mixed dipterocarp forest up to 800 m altitude but usually much lower. In secondary forests usually a pre-disturbance remnant, or planted in forest gardens.

Uses
Used as a fruit tree in forest gardens.

Distribution
Sumatra and Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, East-Kalimantan).

Local names
Borneo: Beluno; Beluno hutan; Bindjay; Binjay; Buah asam; Konjot; Konyot susu; Konyot besi; Mawong; Rengas.