{{Short description|Genus of trees}} {{For|the plant genus authored by Ferdinand von Mueller|Polyscias}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Ogbono (Irvingia gabonensis).jpg |image_caption = Ogbono nuts |taxon = Irvingia |authority = Hook.f. 1860 not F. Muell. 1865 (syn of ''Polyscias'' in Araliaceae)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=Irvingia&commonname=|title=Tropicos|website=www.tropicos.org}}</ref> |type_species = ''Irvingia smithii'' |type_species_authority = Hook.f.<ref>lectotype designated by Bullock, Kew Bull. 14: 43 (18 May 1960).</ref><ref name=b/> |synonyms = ''Irvingella'' <small>Tiegh.</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name=z/> }} thumb|right|200px|''Irvingia malayana'' in Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak, Vietnam
'''''Irvingia''''' is a genus of African and Southeast Asian trees in the family Irvingiaceae, sometimes known by the common names '''wild mango''', '''African mango''', '''bush mango''', '''dika''', '''mbukpap uyo ''' or '''ogbono'''.
They bear edible mango-like fruits (large drupes, with fibrous flesh), and are especially valued for their fat- and protein-rich nuts.
==Taxonomy== ''Irvingia'' was described as a genus in 1860.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26845640#page/197/mode/1up Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1860. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 23: 167] descriptions in Latin, commentary in English</ref><ref name="b">{{Cite web |title=Tropicos |url=https://www.tropicos.org/Name/40031600 |website=www.tropicos.org}}</ref> The genus is named in honour of Edward George Irving, a Royal Navy surgeon.<ref>D. Gledhill. ''The Names of Plants''. Cambridge University Press, 2008.</ref>
List of species:<ref name="z">{{Cite web |title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=385576 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905104807/https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=385576 |archive-date=2022-09-05 |access-date=2021-05-16 |website=wcsp.science.kew.org}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- | ||''Irvingia excelsa'' || C Africa |- |120px ||''Irvingia gabonensis'' || W + C Africa |- | ||''Irvingia grandifolia'' || C Africa |- |120px ||''Irvingia malayana'' || SE Asia |- | ||''Irvingia robur'' || W + C Africa |- |120px ||''Irvingia smithii'' || W + C Africa |- | ||''Irvingia tenuinucleata'' || W + C Africa |- |}
== Distribution == It is native to Africa and Southeast Asia.<ref name="z" />
== Uses == The subtly aromatic nuts are typically dried in the sun for preservation, and are sold whole or in powder form. They may be ground to a paste known variously as dika bread or Gabon chocolate. Their high content of mucilage enables them to be used as thickening agents for dishes such as ogbono soup. The nuts may also be pressed for vegetable oil.
The trees yield a hard wood, useful in construction.
== References == {{Reflist}}
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Category:Irvingiaceae Category:Malpighiales genera Category:Edible fruits