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The mango tree is an evergreen medium to large (9 – 35 m) tree.  The tree has a long tap-root up to 6 m in depth and dense mass of feeding roots just beneath the soil surface.   Mango leaves are simple leaves that are entire, leathery, short, pointed and oblong to lanceolate.  Crushed leaves of many cultivars emit a distinct turpentine odour.  New leaves are formed in periodic flushes about two to three times a year.