Binjai Tree Flower (Mangifera caesia) (2021 1023)
Family Name: Anacardiaceae
Synonyms: Mangifera kemanga Blume
Common Name: jack,
white mango, binjai (Malay language), wani (Balinese language), yaa-lam (Thai
language), bayuno/baluno/belunok (Filipino language) and mangga wani (Cebuano
language)
Flowers Its violet to lilac flowers are up to 1
cm long each, borne on a branched inflorescences up to 40 cm long.
Fruits Its fleshy fruits are pear-shaped drupes, that
ripen to pale brown, 10-19 cm long and 5-10 cm wide, containing a single pink
seed enclosed with a hard endocarp.
Native: widely
cultivated in areas of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Papua New Guinea
and the Philippines.
Locations:
Rasau Walk @Jurong Lake Gardens
Getting There:
MRT Lakeside (EW26)/ Opp Lakeside Stn Stop ID: 28099 board bus 154/154B and alight at Opp Jurong Sec Sch Stop ID: 21759
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