Mango-Tree, or Mango floral, a native of the East Indies, whence its unripe fruit, preserved in vinegar, is imported under the name of mangoes.

This lofty tree attains a considerable size: its fruit, when fully ripe, is as large as a goose egg, and greatly esteemed in the East, on account of its invigorating odour, which is said to restore the health of persons in a declining state. - Beneath its rough shell, there grows a kernel similar to that of almonds, and which may be eaten either fresh, or preserved: from the expressed juice, the Indians prepare wine; and the remainder produces excellent flour.

Every attempt to propagate the mango-tree in Europe. has hitherto failed ; and Miller is of opinion, that the stones will not vegetate, unless they be planted shortly after the fruit is ripe. He therefore suggests the expedient of importing the young plants from India, in boxes filled with earth; so that they may afterwards be kept in the tan-bed of a hot-house.