Anacardiaceae

Mango

Mangifera indica L.

Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Mangifera

Pets and kids

CatsNot sure
DogsNot sure
KidsNot sure

Why

Cats: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Dogs: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Kids: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.

Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.

Mango: (Mangifera indica) Tree bark view at Kambalakonda wildlife sanctuary, Visakhapatnam — Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (98)

ace: Mamplam
Afrikaans: Veselperske
Akan: Amango
Albanian: Mango
Arabic: أنبج شائع, أمْب, أنبج هندي, أنْب, أنْبا, أنْبَج, الأنبج الشائع, الأنبج الهندي
Armenian: Մանգո
arz: مانجه mango=manga, مانجه mango = manga
Asturian: Mangal
awa: आम
azb: هیندوستان ماقنیفراسی
Azerbaijani: Hindistan manqosu
ban: Poh
Bangla: আম, আম গাছ, ভারতীয় আম, ম্যাঙ্গিফেরা ইন্ডিকা
Basque: Mango
Bhojpuri: मैंगीफेरा इंडिका
bik: Indian mango
Bosnian: Mango
Breton: Gwez mangez
Bulgarian: Индийско манго
Burmese: သရက်ပင်
Cantonese: 芒果樹
Catalan: Mango comú
cdo: Huăng-siông
Chinese: 芒果, 芒果树, 芒果樹, 印度芒果, 密望, 忙果树皮, 抹猛果, 望果
Corsican: Mangu
Croatian: Mango
Czech: Mangovník indický
Danish: Mango
Dutch: Mango
English: Mango, Mangoso, Common mango, Indian mango, Mango tree
Esperanto: Mangujo, Mangarbo, Mangoarbo
Estonian: India mangopuu
Finnish: Mango, Mangopuu
fon: Magatin
French: Manguier
frr: Mango
Galician: Mangueira
German: Mango, Mangobaum
gor: Oyile
Greek: Μάνγκο
Gujarati: આંબો, આમ્રવૃક્ષ
Hebrew: מנגו
Hindi: आम
hsb: Indiski mangowc
Hungarian: Mangó
Indonesian: Mangga, Buah mangga, Pohon mangga
io: Mangiero
Irish: Crann mangó, Mangó
Italian: Mango
Japanese: マンゴー
Javanese: Pelem, Mempelam, Talijiwo
Kazakh: Манго
kbp: Maŋgʊ
kge: Hampolom
Korean: 망고
Latvian: Indijas mango, Indijas mango koki, Indijas mango koks
Lithuanian: Indinis mangas
Luxembourgish: Mango
mad: Pao, Pakel
Malagasy: Manga
Malay: Mangga, Mangga tamil
Malayalam: മാവ്
map: Pelem
mos: Mangre
mwl: Manga
nah: Mangocuahuitl
nia: Maga
Norwegian Bokmål: Mango
Norwegian Nynorsk: Mango
Odia: ଆମ୍ବ
pap: Mango
Persian: انبه
Polish: Mango indyjskie
Portuguese: Mangueira
Punjabi: ਅੰਬ
Russian: Мангифера индийская, Манго, Манго индийское, Манговое дерево
ryu: マンゴー
Sanskrit: चूतम्, आम्रवृक्षः
sat: ᱩᱞ, ᱥᱟᱫᱷᱨᱚᱬ ᱩᱞ
Serbian (Latin): Mango
shn: တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇမူင်ႈ, တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇမူင်ႈတွပ်း, မၢၵ်ႇမူင်ႈတွပ်း
Sindhi: انب جو وڻ
Slovenian: Indijski mangovec, Mangovec
Spanish: Mango, M. indica, Manguifera indica, Manguífera índica
spv: ଆମ୍
srn: Manja
Sundanese: Manggah
Swahili: Mwembe
Swedish: Mango
Tajik: Анба
Tamil: இந்திய மா
Telugu: భారతీయ మామిడి
Thai: มะม่วง
Tongan: Mango
Ukrainian: Манго
Vietnamese: Xoài
Wolof: Màngo
wuu: 芒果树

Synonyms

Mangifera amba Forssk.
Mangifera anisodora Blanco
Mangifera austroyunnanensis Hu
Mangifera balba Gen ex Crevost & Lemarié
Mangifera domestica Gaertn.
Mangifera equina Gen. ex Crevost & Lemarié
Mangifera gladiata Bojer
Mangifera indica var. bapang Blume
Mangifera indica var. cambodiana Pierre
Mangifera indica var. compressa Blume
Mangifera indica var. dodol Blume
Mangifera indica var. domestica (Gaertn.) Blume
Mangifera indica var. gratissima Blume
Mangifera indica var. kaijer Blume
Mangifera indica var. kalapa Blume
Mangifera indica var. kidang Blume
Mangifera indica var. mekongensis Pierre
Mangifera kukula Blume
Mangifera laurina var. deropong Blume
Mangifera laxiflora Desr.
Mangifera linnaei Korth. ex Hassk.
Mangifera maritima Lechaume
Mangifera montana Heybe ex Wight & Arn.
Mangifera oryza Gen ex Crevost & Lemarié
Mangifera racemosa Bojer
Mangifera rostrata Blanco
Mangifera rubra Bojer
Mangifera sativa Roem. & Schult.
Mangifera siamensis Warb. ex Craib
Mangifera viridis Bojer

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.

Photos

Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Billjones94, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.