Manggis

Scientific name
Koompassia excelsa
Family Name
Fabaceae
Its local name in different regions
Local Name Place
Manggis Sulu
Manggis Palawan

Conservation Status

Conservation Dependent

IUCN

EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC

Endangered

DAO

EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
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Manggis can reach up to:

Height

85 m

Diameter

290 cm

Outer bark yellowish-orange, generally smooth; inner bark creamish-brown
Leaves odd-pinnate, alternate; leaflets 7-12 (-17) ; leaflet blade small, elliptic, 3-4.2 cm x 1-1.7 cm, margin slightly recurved, shiny dark green, glabrous above and with fine velvety hairs below, venation indistinct; petiole 0.25 cm long
Inflorescence up to 12 cm long, in axillary or terminal panicles with many small white flowers; petals oblong or narrow elliptic 2.5x3mm.
Fruits are 108 mm long, orange-red, extremely flattened, light weight wind dispersed pods, twisted along the length axis.
300-600
K. excelsa is deciduous annually between February and June and remains leafless for a few weeks. It flowers at irregular intervals of 5-6 years. Flowers will appear immediately after the new leaves appear. Flowering period is May-June with fruiting in August-September. Fruit dispersal is affected by wind.
Found in undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 300 m altitude. Common at alluvial sites and on hillsides. Also found on limestone. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

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Found in undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 300 m altitude. Common at alluvial sites and on hillsides. Also found on limestone. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

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