Mangifera odorata is a species of plant

Plant

Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...

 in the Anacardiaceae

Anacardiaceae

Anacardiaceae are a family of flowering plants bearing fruits that are drupes and in some cases producing urushiol, an irritant. Anacardiaceae include numerous genera with several of economic importance. Notable plants in this family include cashew , mango, poison ivy, sumac, smoke tree, and marula...

 family. It is found in Guam

Guam

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, Indonesia

Indonesia

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, Malaysia, the Philippines

Philippines

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, Singapore

Singapore

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, Thailand

Thailand

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, and Vietnam

Vietnam

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Kuini or Mangifera odorata is a mango

Mango

The mango is a fleshy stone fruit belonging to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The mango is native to India from where it spread all over the world. It is also the most cultivated fruit of the tropical world. While...

 variety that is to be native to tropical Asia, specifically to West Malaysia. The fruit is light orange in colour and juicy sweet when ripe. The tree has a distinct feature, i.e. emits a fragrant resinous smell. The tree flowers throughout the year and the flowers too are strongly scented with its fragrance. The sap on unripe kuini fruits is poisonous

Kuini (Mangifera odorata) commonly found in East Malaysia's Jungle (Borneo) has spherical, almost round shape, dark green and green when ripe. It has strong Odour which can be detected from afar.

Source

• World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Mangifera odorata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.