Tropical fruits lacking male leaves (4)
I believe the answer is:
goes
'leaves' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'tropical fruits lacking male' is the wordplay.
'tropical fruits' becomes 'mangoes'.
'lacking' is a deletion indicator.
'male' becomes 'man' (man is a kind of male).
'mangoes' with 'man' taken away is 'GOES'.
(Other definitions for goes that I've seen before include "See 17" , "Disappears; runs" , "Moves" , "Travels; attempts" , "Leaves; operates" .)