Mango trees make handsome landscape specimens and shade trees. They are erect and fast growing with sufficient heat, and the canopy can be broad and rounded, or more upright, with a relatively slender crown. It is ultimately a large tree, to 65 ft., but usually half that size in California The leaves are dark green above and pale below, usually red while young. Yellowish or reddish flowers are borne at branch terminals, in dense panicles of up to 2000 minute flowers. The fruits are 2 to 9 inches long and may be kidney shaped, ovate or (rarely) round. They range in size from 8 ounces to around 24 ounces. The leathery skin is waxy and smooth, and when ripe entirely pale green or yellow marked with red. The flesh of a mango is peach-like and juicy. The flavor is pleasant and rich and high in sugars and acid.