{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.mangifera-indica","code":"thing-q3919027","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q3919027/","name":"Mangifera indica","alternateNames":["Harumanis"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.LIV"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Mangifera indica L. is a species of evergreen flowering tree in the family Anacardiaceae, native to tropical Asia and widely cultivated for its fleshy, single-stoned fruit, the mango.","purpose":"Enable an agent to identify Mangifera indica, distinguish taxon-level knowledge from the condition of particular mango trees or populations, and evaluate appropriate cultivation, monitoring and conservation actions.","scope":{"in":["Accepted species identity, taxonomic authority, synonyms and identifiers linked to their sources","Distinctions among the species, wild or cultivated populations, cultivars and individual trees","Diagnostic morphology and evidence separating Mangifera indica from related Mangifera species and hybrids","Seedling development, vegetative growth, flowering, fruiting and propagation","Native and introduced occurrence, growing conditions and conservation assessments","Individual tree condition and evidence supporting cultivation or protection decisions"],"out":["Harvested mango products, food processing, nutrition and commercial quality grading","General orchard business management, labour planning and commodity markets","Other Mangifera species except where needed for identification or graft relationships","Independent models of pathogens, insect pests and pollinating organisms","Human clinical diagnosis or treatment following exposure to mango tissues","Cultivars treated as separate species or individual trees treated as representatives of all populations"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Require species-level identification evidence; the common name mango or a nursery label alone does not distinguish Mangifera indica from related species or hybrids.","Check a combination of leaf, inflorescence, flower and fruit characters against a botanical key; fruit colour, size or sweetness alone is insufficient.","For fruit-bearing specimens, examine the fleshy drupe and enclosed stone alongside vegetative and floral evidence, rather than identifying the species from edible flesh alone.","Separate cultivar identification from species identification: a tree can be securely identified as Mangifera indica while its cultivar remains unknown.","Inspect graft unions and growth origin so rootstock shoots, scion growth and their potentially different identities are not conflated."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"mango-identity-and-boundaries","name":"Mango identity and boundaries","description":"Establish what Mangifera indica means in this record and which biological subject is being described.","layers":[{"id":"species-concept","name":"Species concept","description":"Connect the registered thing to an accepted and traceable taxonomic treatment.","findings":[{"id":"accepted-name-and-identifiers","name":"Accepted name and identifiers","description":"Record the accepted binomial, naming authority, original publication date and external identifiers as source-backed claims.","questions":[{"text":"Which taxonomic treatment accepts Mangifera indica, and what authority, publication date and synonyms does it give?","id":"accepted-name-and-identifiers-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which GBIF and NCBI taxonomy records correspond to that species concept, and do their boundaries agree?","id":"accepted-name-and-identifiers-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"specimen-and-cultivar-resolution","name":"Specimen and cultivar resolution","description":"Identify a particular tree without overstating its cultivar or component identity.","findings":[{"id":"diagnostic-evidence","name":"Diagnostic evidence","description":"Require diagnostic characters appropriate to the specimen's stage and distinguish species confirmation from cultivar attribution.","questions":[{"text":"Which observed leaf, flower and fruit characters distinguish this specimen from locally plausible Mangifera relatives or hybrids?","id":"diagnostic-evidence-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What voucher, expert determination or propagation record supports its species and cultivar labels?","id":"diagnostic-evidence-q02","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does the observation describe the whole tree, its scion or a shoot arising from its rootstock?","id":"diagnostic-evidence-q03","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"mango-development-and-reproduction","name":"Mango development and reproduction","description":"Describe establishment, growth and reproductive activity as observed processes.","layers":[{"id":"establishment-and-growth","name":"Establishment and growth","description":"Track development from seed or propagated planting material to an established tree.","findings":[{"id":"developmental-status","name":"Developmental status","description":"Record age evidence, propagation origin, dimensions and growth history without using size alone to infer maturity.","questions":[{"text":"Was the tree raised from seed or propagated vegetatively, and what dates establish its age and planting history?","id":"developmental-status-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What changes in height, canopy, trunk diameter and vegetative flushing were observed over a stated interval?","id":"developmental-status-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"flowering-and-fruit-set","name":"Flowering and fruit set","description":"Separate floral observations, pollination evidence and subsequent fruit development.","findings":[{"id":"reproductive-performance","name":"Reproductive performance","description":"Describe flower types at the flower level rather than assigning an unsupported male or female identity to the tree.","questions":[{"text":"Which flower types occur in the observed inflorescences, and how were they identified and counted?","id":"reproductive-performance-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"When did flowering, initial fruit set, fruit loss and maturity occur for this cultivar at this site?","id":"reproductive-performance-q02","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What evidence would justify an intervention for poor fruit set rather than attributing it immediately to pollination failure?","id":"reproductive-performance-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"mango-range-and-populations","name":"Mango range and populations","description":"Place occurrences within documented biogeographic and conservation contexts.","layers":[{"id":"origin-and-establishment","name":"Origin and establishment","description":"Distinguish historical range claims from modern occurrence records.","findings":[{"id":"native-versus-planted-occurrence","name":"Native versus planted occurrence","description":"Attach origin and establishment classifications to geographically bounded evidence.","questions":[{"text":"Which authoritative sources delimit the native range, and where do they report uncertainty associated with cultivation history?","id":"native-versus-planted-occurrence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does this occurrence represent a planted tree, an escape or a population reproducing without planting?","id":"native-versus-planted-occurrence-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"wild-population-condition","name":"Wild population condition","description":"Evaluate conservation evidence independently of orchard abundance.","findings":[{"id":"assessment-and-recruitment","name":"Assessment and recruitment","description":"Keep published conservation status separate from local evidence of population persistence.","questions":[{"text":"What verified IUCN or regional assessment applies, including assessment year, category and geographic scope?","id":"assessment-and-recruitment-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What observations establish recruitment, adult survival and threats in the particular population?","id":"assessment-and-recruitment-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]}]},{"id":"mango-cultivation-and-propagation","name":"Mango cultivation and propagation","description":"Connect planting and propagation choices to site evidence and plant identity.","layers":[{"id":"site-fit","name":"Site fit","description":"Evaluate local growing conditions against evidence relevant to the planting material.","findings":[{"id":"environmental-suitability","name":"Environmental suitability","description":"Record thermal exposure, water supply and drainage without inventing universal mango tolerance thresholds.","questions":[{"text":"What temperature extremes, water availability and drainage conditions have been measured at the proposed site?","id":"environmental-suitability-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which cultivar-, rootstock- and life-stage-specific evidence supports planting here or modifying irrigation and drainage?","id":"environmental-suitability-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"propagation-fidelity","name":"Propagation fidelity","description":"Track how planting material was produced and what identity claims follow from that method.","findings":[{"id":"seed-and-graft-lineage","name":"Seed and graft lineage","description":"Record embryony evidence, seedling origin and graft lineage without assuming all seedlings are genetically equivalent to their parent.","questions":[{"text":"What evidence establishes monoembryony or polyembryony for this seed source, and does it establish the origin of the particular seedling?","id":"seed-and-graft-lineage-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which documented scion and rootstock identities, compatibility evidence and plant-health requirements support the proposed propagation or movement?","id":"seed-and-graft-lineage-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"mango-health-and-intervention","name":"Mango health and intervention","description":"Interpret tissue-specific damage and choose evidence-based responses.","layers":[{"id":"symptoms-and-causes","name":"Symptoms and causes","description":"Distinguish observations from causal explanations.","findings":[{"id":"tissue-specific-diagnosis","name":"Tissue-specific diagnosis","description":"Record affected tissues, timing and spread before attributing symptoms to a pest, pathogen or environmental stress.","questions":[{"text":"Which leaves, inflorescences, fruits, branches, roots or graft tissues are affected, and how quickly is damage progressing?","id":"tissue-specific-diagnosis-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What inspection or laboratory evidence distinguishes the suspected biological cause from water, temperature or nutrient stress?","id":"tissue-specific-diagnosis-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"response-and-follow-up","name":"Response and follow-up","description":"Make interventions conditional on diagnosis, tree stage and local requirements.","findings":[{"id":"justified-tree-care","name":"Justified tree care","description":"Connect monitoring, sanitation, pruning or treatment to an explicit objective and observable outcome.","questions":[{"text":"Given diagnostic confidence and the tree's flowering or fruiting stage, what evidence supports monitoring, sampling, sanitation, pruning or treatment?","id":"justified-tree-care-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"What follow-up observations and time interval would show recovery, continued decline or a need to revise the diagnosis?","id":"justified-tree-care-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Mangifera indica this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Mangifera indica this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-identifiers","name":"Identifiers and schemes","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Mangifera indica this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-identifiers-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Mangifera indica this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Mangifera indica this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-measurements","name":"Typical measurements","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Mangifera indica this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-measurements-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Mangifera indica this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Mangifera indica this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Mangifera indica this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Identify mango trees and report flowering, fruit set and pests to the grower.","Advise on harvest timing, ripening and storage."],"mustNot":["Recommend burning mango wood or leaves, whose smoke can irritate.","Apply sprays beyond label rates or ignore harvest intervals.","Misstate a fruit's variety or origin.","Ignore the sap's skin allergy risk when advising pickers."],"requiresHuman":["Felling old or culturally valued mango trees."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Mango trees are culturally and religiously important in South Asia.","Pickers can suffer skin reactions from the sap."],"affectedParties":["Growers and pickers","Consumers","Communities that value the trees"]},"owners":{"steward":"The landholder or grower; variety rights are listed in plant variety registers.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["National plant variety registers"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q904653","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.mangifera-indica","Wikidata: Q3919027 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3919027)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Taxonomic identity: Accepted name; authority and publication date; synonyms; GBIF and NCBI identifiers; source and retrieval date","Biological subject: Species; population; individual tree; rootstock component; scion component","Cultivar and propagation identity: Cultivar claim and confidence; seed parent if known; seed-grown or vegetatively propagated; rootstock-scion relationship","Identification confidence: Unverified; provisional; expert-confirmed; voucher-supported; molecularly supported, with evidence limitations","Developmental and reproductive condition: Seed; seedling; juvenile; mature vegetative; flowering; fruit-setting; fruit-developing; declining, with observation date","Tree dimensions: Height and canopy spread in m; trunk diameter in cm at a stated measurement position","Occurrence and establishment: Coordinates and date; native, introduced or uncertain origin; planted, escaped, naturalized or uncertain establishment","Growing environment: Temperature in °C; rainfall or irrigation in mm per stated interval; soil pH; drainage class; exposure history","Tree health: Symptoms by tissue; severity; progression; diagnostic confidence; suspected or confirmed cause","Conservation assessment: Assessment system, category, assessment year, geographic scope and source; unknown when 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flies and fungal rot.","Falling fruit or branches."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, adopted by the International Botanical Congress, governs the scientific naming of this species."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["This species is encountered in tropical and subtropical orchards, home gardens and botanical collections.","Species identification supports fruit cultivation, plant health monitoring and the management of breeding collections.","Information about the species provides context for assessing individual trees but does not establish their health or productivity."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q3919027: Mangifera indica","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3919027","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Mangifera indica","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangifera_indica","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Which accepted taxonomic treatment, authority and publication date, GBIF identifier and NCBI taxonomy identifier should anchor this registry entry?","How do authoritative sources delimit the native range, and which boundaries remain uncertain because of historical cultivation?","What verified IUCN assessment category and assessment year apply, and how do regional assessments differ?","Which diagnostic characters reliably distinguish Mangifera indica from relevant relatives and hybrids when flowers or mature fruit are unavailable?","Which cultivar and rootstock differences in embryony, environmental tolerance and reproductive behaviour require explicit extensions to this species-level model?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q3919027/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 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