In deep soil, the taproot descends to a depth of 6 m (20 ft), with gushing, wide- spreading confluent roots and anchor roots piercing deeply into the soil. (5) The leaves are evergreen, alternate, simple, 15 – 35 cm (5.9 –13.8 in) long, and 6 – 16 cm (2.4 –6.3 in) broad; when the leaves are youthful they’re orange-pink, fleetly changing to a dark, lustrous red, also dark green as they develop. (5) The flowers are produced in terminal panicles 10 – 40 cm (3.9 –15.7 in) long; each flower is small and white with five petals 5 – 10 mm (0.20 –0.39 in) long, with a mild, sweet scent. (5) Over 500 kinds of mangoes are known, (5) numerous of which grow in summer, while some give a double crop. (11) The fruit takes four to five months from unfolding to ripen. (5)
The ripe fruit varies according to cultivar in size, shape, color, agreeableness, and eating quality. (5) Depending on cultivar, fruits are similarly unheroic, orange, red, or green. (5) The fruit has a single flat, oblong hole that can be stringy or hairy on the face, and doesn’t separate fluently from the pulp. (5) The fruits may be kindly round, round, or order- shaped, ranging from 5 – 25 centimetres (2 – 10 in) in length and from 140 grams (5 oz) to 2 kilograms (5 lb) in weight per existent fruit. (5) The skin is leather-suchlike, moldable, smooth, and ambrosial, with color ranging from green to unheroic, unheroic-orange, unheroic-red, or flushed with colorful tones of red, grandiloquent, pink or unheroic when completely ripe. (5)
Ripe Complete mangoes give off a distinctive resinous, sweet smell. (5) Inside the hole 1 – 2 mm (0.039 –0.079 in) thick is a thin filling covering a single seed, 4 – 7 cm (1.6 –2.8 in) long. Mangoes have recalcitrant seeds which don’t survive freezing and drying. (12) Mango trees grow readily from seeds, with germination success loftiest when seeds are attained from mature fruits. (5)
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