Mangifera indica Identity & Plant Part
The botanical entity is Mangifera indica L., mango, a large evergreen tree of the Anacardiaceae. The part used is the leaf, which is long, leathery and dark green when mature. Fruit, seed kernel, bark and young copper-colored shoots are not included. Mango fruit extract is another product made from the pulp, and the leaf has a quite different profile. Mangiferin, a C-glucosyl xanthone, together with other polyphenols, tannins and flavonoids, are the main constituent families of the leaf, named here without figures.












