Mangifera indica Linn.
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Description
Equatorial view: with a colporus, striate-reticulate exine in high focus
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12271
Code
mangindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: focus 2 of Fig. 1
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12271
Code
mangindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: optical section of Fig. 1
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12271
Code
mangindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: with an intercolpium, in focus 2
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12271
Code
mangindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 4
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12271
Code
mangindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view in focus 2
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12271
Code
mangindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: optical section of Fig. 6
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12271
Code
mangindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: optical section
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12271
Code
mangindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Key
pollen_000083
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
mangindi
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 12271
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
L.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate; elliptic in equatorial_view; (sub)circular, in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 28-47 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 28-35 µm
Apertures
Three colpora, colpus elliptic, intruding (EV) colpus apex blunt(?), aperture_membrane psilate, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 18.0-20.0 µm, margo diffuse(?) costae_colpi present; Os: elliptic to rhomboidal with curved lateral ends, lalongate, oral costa absent(?)
Exine
Finely striato-reticulate, tectate, mur <0.5 µm, lumina ±0.5 µm, infratectum columellate, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±2.0 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Mangifera indica type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM of Mangifera indica in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994). LM & SEM (rugulate intercolpium) of M. indica in Rasoardmalala, L., Albers, F. & Straka, H. (1982)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Ecology and Taxonomy
A large tree in medium elevation forest, up to 1300m. Common. Universally cultivated. The Mango tree. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 7. Generic and specific descriptions in Flora of Madras: p. 185. (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Pantropical. Western Ghats: in all districts. Endemic to Western Ghats
Distribution of Genus
40 spp., Southeast Asia, Indomal. (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species in Flora of Madras: p. 185 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Mangifera indica Linn.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 5th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461837