Spondias pinnata

Spondias pinnata is a species of tree first described by Carl Linnaeus the Younger. It is in the family Anacardiaceae. This species is sometimes loosely called the 'wild (or forest) mango' and was once placed in the genus Mangifera. Spondias pinnata is found in lowlands and hill forests up to 1,200 m (3,900 ft). It is probably native to Malesia the Philippines and Indochina. It has also been widely cultivated and naturalized in Bhutan, China (southern), India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Spondias pinnata is a deciduous tree, 10–15 m tall (sometimes up to 25 m in height); branchlets yellowish brown and glabrous.The leaves are large, with pairs of leaflets (see illustration) on petioles that are 100–150 mm and glabrous; leaf blades 300–400 mm, imparipinnately compound with 5-11 opposite leaflets; leaflet petiolule 3–5 mm; leaflet blade ovate-oblong to elliptic-oblong, 70-120 × 40–50 mm, papery, glabrous on both sides, with margins that are serrate or entire; the apex is acuminate, lateral veins 12-25 pairs. The inflorescence is paniculate, terminal, 250–350 mm and glabrous, with basal first order branches 100–150 mm. The flowers are mostly sessile and small, white and glabrous; calyx lobes are triangular, approx. 0.5 mm. Petals are ovate-oblong, approximately 2.5 × 1.5 mm; stamens are approximately 1.5 mm. The fruit is a drupe ellipsoid to elliptic-ovoid, olive green becoming yellowish orange at maturity, 35-50 × 25–35 mm; inner part of endocarp woody and grooved, outer part fibrous; mature fruit usually have 2 or 3 seeds. In China, it flowers from April–June and fruits from August–September.