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Mandevilla
Mandevilla (syn. Dipladenia) is a neotropical Apocynaceae genus of about 183 accepted trumpet-flowered vines and shrubs from Mexico to Argentina, grown in full sun above 21°C, with compact dipladenia cultivars and the Suntory Sun Parasol series.
Mangave
Mangave (×Mangave) is a horticultural group of artificial hybrids between the former genus Manfreda and Agave, coined in 2003; first cultivar 'Macho Mocha' released 2004, most introductions by Hans Hansen at Walters Gardens, now taxonomically folded into Agave.
Mango
Mango (Mangifera indica), a tropical Anacardiaceae fruit tree from southern Asia, called the King of Fruits; Indian and Indochinese cultivar groups, Florida-bred Tommy Atkins, Haden, Keitt, Kent dominate trade, India produces about 45% of world output.
Marcona almond
The Marcona almond is a traditional Spanish cultivar from Alicante, known as the "Queen of Almonds" for its sweeter, softer kernel and its use in turrón.
Marionberry
Marionberry is the market name for 'Marion', a trailing blackberry cultivar crossed from 'Chehalem' and 'Olallie', released in 1956 by USDA-ARS and Oregon State, named for Marion County, Oregon, and grown mostly in the Willamette Valley for processing.
Maris Piper
Maris Piper is a British maincrop potato cultivar bred at the Plant Breeding Institute in Cambridge and released in 1966, prized above all for chips and roast potatoes.
Marrow (vegetable)
Marrow, the mature fruit of Cucurbita pepo, same species as courgette or zucchini; a British-grown vegetable harvested at 20-30 cm or larger, stored after hardening, with varieties like 'Tiger Cross' and a 116 kg record.
Matthiola incana
Matthiola incana, known as hoary stock or tenweeks stock, is a woody-based cabbage-family perennial from southern Europe, grown for centuries as a fragrant garden and cut flower.
McIntosh (apple)
The McIntosh, also known as McIntosh Red, is a Canadian dessert apple found in 1811 on John McIntosh's farm in Dundela, Ontario, and propagated from about 1870.
Medjool
Medjool (Mejhool, Medjoul, Majhoul) is a soft, large-fruited cultivar of the date palm Phoenix dactylifera from Morocco's Tafilalet district, introduced to the USA in 1927 by Walter Swingle and to Israel in 1934.
Melon
Melon: Cucumis melo (cantaloupe, muskmelon, honeydew), a Cucurbitaceae annual; also covers watermelon (Citrullus lanatus), whose closest wild relative is the Sudanese Kordofan melon.
Mesclun
Mesclun (Provençal mescla, "to mix") is a blend of young salad greens from Provence and Nice; the classic mix is chervil, arugula, lettuce, and endive, now sold as spring mix.
Meyer lemon
Meyer lemon (Citrus × meyeri), a Chinese lemon-orange hybrid brought to the US by Frank Meyer in 1908; sweeter, thinner-skinned, and hardier than true lemons, sold today as the virus-free Improved Meyer after UC Riverside's 1970s clean-up of tristeza virus carriers.
Mirabelle plum
Mirabelle plum, a small sweet yellow plum of Prunus domestica, also called mirabelle de Lorraine; IGP fresh fruit since 1996, AOC eau-de-vie, centered on Lorraine, France.
Miscanthus
Miscanthus, also known as silvergrass, is a genus of about 12 perennial C4 grasses native to Eastern Asia, valued as ornamental garden plants and biomass crops for renewable energy.
Miscanthus × giganteus
Miscanthus × giganteus (giant miscanthus) is a sterile triploid C4 hybrid grass of M. sinensis and M. sacchariflorus, introduced to Denmark in 1935, grown as a high-yielding low-input bioenergy crop with cold-tolerant photosynthesis.
Momordica charantia
Momordica charantia (bitter melon, bitter gourd, balsam pear) is a Cucurbitaceae vine of African origin domesticated in Asia, grown for its bitter edible fruit, used in folk medicine for diabetes, though meta-analyses find no significant clinical metabolic benefit.
Morus (plant)
Morus (mulberry) is a genus of Moraceae trees, native from Iran to the Kuril Islands and the Americas, whose leaves feed silkworms; 10–17 accepted species, 2n=28, fruits eaten fresh or as jam and wine.
Mung bean
Mung bean (Vigna radiata), green gram, an annual South Asian grain legume domesticated 4,000–6,000 years ago, grown on over 7.3 million hectares, spread by climate-constrained routes across Asia, used as food, sprouts, and green manure.
Mung bean sprout
Mung bean sprout, the edible seedling of Vigna radiata (green gram), grown 3-10 days from soaked beans; distinct from alfalfa or soybean sprouts, with rising GABA and free amino acids during germination and known Salmonella and Listeria outbreak links.
Musang King
Musang King, also Mao Shan Wang (猫山王), is Malaysia's premium durian cultivar, clone D197 (Raja Kunyit), registered 9 December 1993 from Kelantan; known for creamy bittersweet yellow flesh, a 2017 draft genome, MyIPO brand protection until 2034, and major Chinese export demand.
Muscat (grape)
Muscat, also known as Moscato, is an ancient family of more than 200 grape varieties known for their floral, musky aroma, used as wine grapes, table grapes, and raisins.
Naming of graft chimeras
Naming of graft chimeras covers the ICNCP rules for naming plants joined by grafting, using plus-sign formulae like Crataegus + Mespilus and condensed graftionyms like +Crataegomespilus.
Nandina
Nandina, also known as heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, is an evergreen ornamental shrub native to China, grown for its lacy foliage and bright red berries.
Napa cabbage (大白菜)
Napa cabbage (大白菜, wombok, Chinese cabbage), Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, is a Chinese-origin heading brassica used chiefly for kimchi; stored at 1-2°C and >95% RH for 2-3 months.
Narcissus 'King Alfred'
Narcissus 'King Alfred' is a Division 1 trumpet daffodil raised in Devon in the 1890s, awarded an RHS First Class Certificate in 1899 and the standard yellow daffodil for decades.
Narcissus divisions and cultivars
Narcissus divisions are the thirteen classes into which the Royal Horticultural Society places every daffodil, from long-trumpeted forms to doubles, split-coronas, and botanical species, with cultivars in Divisions 1–12 and botanical taxa in Division 13.
Navy bean
Navy bean, also called pea bean or Yankee navy bean, a small white-seeded market class of Phaseolus vulgaris; Mesoamerican race, named in the War of 1812 era, grown around the Great Lakes, 263 million pounds produced in the U.S. in 2024.
Nectarine cultivars
Nectarine cultivars are named, propagated varieties of the smooth-skinned form of peach, differing from peaches by a single recessive gene and bred for flesh color and ripening season.
Nepenthes × hookeriana
Nepenthes × hookeriana, or Hooker's Pitcher-Plant, is a natural hybrid pitcher plant between N. ampullaria and N. rafflesiana, widespread in Borneo, Sumatra, and Peninsular Malaysia.