Description: This plant has its origin in China and Japan. Its plantation is also common in Portugal. In the Quinta da Vitoria neighborhood, the doors were frequently decorated with mango or Loquat leaves (replacing the mango leaves) setting a toran.
The Toran is a set of mango leaves disposed sequentially. The leaves are stitched and placed in the upper part of the main entrance. This a mean of evoking Lakshmi, goddess of health, love, prosperity and beauty. This is a way of protecting the people visiting the house and the family itself.
Provided by: Jentilal Chagan e Manchagauribai, both Indian- born Portuguese.
Present Location: Plant nursery belonging to Moscavide and Portela Districts.
Last revision date: March 2016
(I) Numbering in accordance with the archive of trees and plants identified in the Quinta da Vitoria 2012 and 2013.
(II) Mabberley, David J. Mabberley´s Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classifications and Uses. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
(*)Testimonies of residents gathered in a set of recorded conversations in the neighborhood of Quinta da Vitória and later to your demolition, recorded in Lisbon, Loures and London between July 2012 and October 2014
