This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Leaves and Trees.’ See more responses here.
This is a look at the Mango tree in my yard. It’s more than 40 feet high and has a diameter of 50 feet or more. The top photo was taken about a week ago. The first photo in the gallery below was taken a week before that. The new leaves are red, but quickly turn a glossy green. Older leaves are dark green.
The tree will eventually bloom with clusters of small creamy flowers, followed by clumps of fruit, much to the delight of the wild pigs here. Mind you, they have to be careful, as do I, because, when the wind blows, branches fall from the tree, some of them big enough to do damage.
Graham's Island 
WOW that’s huge. Do most mango trees get huge.
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They can do. I think most people would keep them to a more manageable size, but this one was a bit neglected a several years.
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Can we come visit when the mangos are ripe? I love mangos!
The size of the fallen branch looks scary.
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Bring buckets. There’s a lot of them.
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It does look like a large amount of mangos!
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It can be.
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The Mangos here are full of red leaves too. Are the fruit tasty?
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The fruit are OK, but not my favorite. These have big pits and not a lot of flesh.
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Beautiful tree with lots of interest, not the least of which are the mangoes. I love mangoes but they don’t love me, and are the only food I am allergic to!
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I hope you didn’t find out the hard way.
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Oh yes I did! They turned on me after I picked some up at the market.. They were so sweet and delicious, then caused my lips and mouth to swell! So I’m very careful dining out.
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That’s no fun.
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Is that a house under there?
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It looks that way doesn’t it, but mostly we keep the tree from overhanging the house, certainly from the bigger branches.
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That is a huge tree, Graham. Hopefully it produces edible mangoes. I love that some of the leaves have some autumn colors as they mature. Do you have much raking to do besides dodging huge branches ?
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The mangoes are OK, though it’s not my favorite fruit. I rarely rake anything. The wind takes care of that.
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Yes, wow. It’s enourmous! But what about the mangoes, are they edible (for humans)? Does the tree still produce them every year? I recently heard that apple trees, at least the ones over here, only produce good apples for the first couple fo years. After that, they’re left for the birds. I didn’t know that!
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The tree produces each year though the amount varies quite a bit. If it’s windy, a lot of fruit gets blown down before it’s ready. The mangoes are OK, though I’m not really a mango fan! They have a big pit, so there’s not a huge amount of flesh on them, though the pigs don’t mind. You should see them slobbering all over the fruits.
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Are these the piglets in your photos earlier? Are the bigger ones dangerous? I love mangoes but it’s a flavour I think I’d quickly tire of if I had them at my doorstep – too sweet!
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It’s not my favorite fruit either. It’s hard to keep track of which pigs are which unless they have some distinctive markings. There are two or three litters each year and they grow quickly!
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wow, what a tree – but also yikes on the size of branch falls
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It’s a big tree, but we like it. Keeps the house much cooler than it would be if it wasn’t there.
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the magic of trees – need more of them in out cities to do the same thing
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I think in cities they worry about the falling branches!
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