Pauh Damar (HT 2015 240)

Reference ID
HT 2015-240

Scientific name: Mangifera pentandra
Family name: Anarcardiaceae
Girth: 2.28 m @ 1.3 m height
Height: 18.8 m

Location
Singapore Botanic Gardens,
Opposite Sun Garden

Based on Flora Malesiana (1978), the distribution of this species in Malesia was recorded as Malay Peninsula (Kedah, Perak, Pahang, Johore and Singapore). A common village tree in Kedah, it is also native to Singapore.

The single Singapore herbarium specimen collected by H.N. Ridley and cited by Ding Hou, is without a known location. As of February 2016, no other specimen of M. pentandra has been reported in our forests.

For more information on this species, please refer to NParks Flora & Fauna Web profile here.

Gallery

📷: Hazri Boey