MANGIFERA INDICA

Plant Name: MANGIFERA INDICA

English Name: Mango Tree

Local Name:

• An lo kuo, Anbah,
• Mango, Mangot, Manga, Mangou, Manga agaci, Manga, Mangot fil, Mangot, Manguier, Mamuang,Merpelam,
• Aangga, Pelem

Family: Anacardiaceae

Uses:
The dried mango flowers, containing 15% tannin, serve as astringents in cases of diarrhea, chronic dysentery, catarrh of the bladder and chronic urethritis resulting from gonorrhea. Mango kernel decoction and powder (not tannin-free) are used as vermifuges and as astringents in diarrhea, hemorrhages and bleeding hemorrhoids. The fat is administered in cases of stomatitis. Extracts of unripe fruits and of bark, stems and leaves have shown antibiotic activity. In some of the islands of the Caribbean, the leaf decoction is taken as a remedy for diarrhea, fever, chest complaints, diabetes, hypertension and other ills.