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It may be a country, territory, state, or broad region; it is not necessarily a botanical origin.", "associatedCountryIds": "Country-directory codes associated with a public tasting profile or regional-name record, including sourced cultivation and research trials. These codes do not by themselves establish origin or commercial production. Read the typed placeAssociations in the knowledge dataset; historical associations are also provided on stories as associatedCountryNames.", "associatedCountryNames": "Countries and territories connected by a story, including historical origins and later growing or naming traditions. Read the history and its citations before making an origin claim.", "placeAssociations": "Typed place connections keep notes and sources beside each claim. cultivation records a cited growing connection; research-trial records study or evaluation at the named location and is not evidence of commercial production. 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These are not live availability, shopping stock or inferred seasons for every cultivar in a place.", "sources": "Record-level source references. Editorial prose and tasting associations are not direct quotations from these sources; citation scope is explained in the relevant text.", "illustrations": "AI-created scenes are labelled by their captions and are not archival images or evidence for an origin claim.", "passport": "The personal passport and tasting notebook stay in the visitor’s browser. User-triggered backups are private downloads, never part of these public resources. 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This Mayiladuthurai mango carries the name of its church connection.", "place": "Holy Immanuel Church, Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "tradition", "statusLabel": "Local tradition", "statusDescription": "A local tradition or reported account, which must not be presented as a conclusively established origin.", "paragraphs": [ "Pathiri (பாதிரி) means a Christian priest or clergyman in Tamil: the church sense of “Father”. The Tamil Lexicon traces the word to Portuguese padre. Local reporting connects this mango’s name to Rev. Ochs, a German missionary who arrived in Mayiladuthurai in 1845 and grew it in the garden of the TELC Holy Immanuel Church.", "A church-souvenir account, quoted in reporting, gives the gift a second person to remember: Gnanachiriyam, a Christian convert associated with the Saraswathi Mahal Library in Thanjavur. He is said to have presented Ochs with a grafted mango sapling. In this telling, the fruit’s journey begins with someone sharing a plant, and someone else tending it.", "There is another local telling: Ochs found a mango stone floating in the Cauvery, planted it, and later shared the ripe fruit with churchgoers. That river-seed story is a legend, distinct from the souvenir’s grafted-sapling account; the available reporting does not settle the two into one proven origin.", "By 2025, the original tree was reported to have died, while descendant trees still bore fruit in the church garden. People recognise the mango through its perfume, sweetness and familiar name. The gift has outlived the giver." ], "names": [ { "name": "Pathiri", "note": "The Tamil word means a Christian priest or clergyman. Local reporting links the mango’s name to the missionary who grew it in a church garden." }, { "name": "Paathri / Paathiri", "note": "Alternate English spellings of Pathiri, the Tamil name பாதிரி." }, { "name": "பாதிரி", "note": "Tamil spelling. Here the meaning is a Christian priest—the church sense of “Father”." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "University of Madras Tamil Lexicon: பாதிரி, via Agarathi", "url": "https://agarathi.com/word/பாதிரி" }, { "title": "The Hindu report, syndicated by India Live: Pathiri and the TELC souvenir account", "url": "https://indialive.net/a-mango-filled-with-unique-aroma-and-taste-and-introduced-by-a-missionary/" }, { "title": "Samayam Tamil: Pathiri, the mango introduced by a German missionary (2025)", "url": "https://tamil.samayam.com/latest-news/state-news/mayiladuthurai-pathiri-mango-introduced-by-german-missionary/articleshow/123060667.cms" }, { "title": "Balamohan & Vidhya (2020): Traditional Tamil Nadu mango varieties", "url": "https://iscientific.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/6-ijcbs-20-18-6.pdf" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Pathiri", "Paathri", "Paathiri", "பாதிரி" ], "tastingProfileId": null, "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-pathiri", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-pathiri.md", "illustration": { "url": "https://mangoranking.com/origins/pathiri-church-v1.jpg", "alt": "An illustrated Tamil gardener sharing a mango sapling with a German missionary in a church garden in Tamil Nadu.", "caption": "An imagined scene of the sapling gift recalled in a church souvenir. AI-created illustration; the people and church are not archival likenesses.", "productionMethod": "AI-created illustration" } }, { "id": "appemidi", "slug": "appemidi", "name": "Appemidi", "title": "The mango remembered by the pickle jar", "description": "Appemidi’s inheritance belongs to the people who keep its many trees, aromas and pickling traditions alive.", "place": "Karnataka, especially its traditional Appemidi growing communities", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "documented", "statusLabel": "Documented history", "statusDescription": "A history described with documentary sources; consult the prose and citations for the scope and uncertainty of each claim.", "paragraphs": [ "An Appemidi story cannot be reduced to one famous mother tree. At its 2023 diversity fair, ICAR–IIHR described conserving more than 200 Appemidi varieties and honoured five custodian farmers for protecting them. The name opens onto a whole collection of mango diversity.", "These are mangoes prized while tender, before a dessert mango would be ready. Their place in a pickle jar gives growers and cooks a reason to remember small differences between trees. The farmers honoured at that fair are part of the origin story still being written: knowledge survives because people keep using it." ], "names": [ { "name": "Appemidi", "note": "A name covering diverse tender pickling mango types, rather than one uniform dessert cultivar." }, { "name": "Appe midi", "note": "A spaced spelling used for this Karnataka pickling tradition." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "ICAR: Appemidi Mango Diversity Fair and custodian farmers (2023)", "url": "https://www.icar.gov.in/en/appemidi-mango-diversity-fair-2023-icar-indian-institute-horticultural-research-hesaraghatta" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Appe midi · Tender pickle mango" ], "tastingProfileId": "appemidi", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/appemidi", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/appemidi.md", "illustration": { "url": "https://mangoranking.com/origins/appemidi-river-v1.jpg", "alt": "People gather small green mangoes near a forest river and prepare pickle in a Karnataka courtyard.", "caption": "An imagined Western Ghats landscape and pickle-making scene. AI-created illustration of a living food tradition.", "productionMethod": "AI-created illustration" } }, { "id": "alphonso", "slug": "alphonso", "name": "Alphonso", "title": "A Portuguese name, a Konkan home", "description": "Alphonso carries a colonial name, while Hapus belongs to the language of the people who grow and love it.", "place": "Konkan coast, especially Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg, Maharashtra", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "tradition", "statusLabel": "Local tradition", "statusDescription": "A local tradition or reported account, which must not be presented as a conclusively established origin.", "paragraphs": [ "The familiar naming account links Alphonso to Afonso de Albuquerque, the Portuguese governor associated with Goa. Grafting in Portuguese-era Goa forms part of the wider story of how prized mango selections travelled. That is a naming and cultivation history; it does not mean mangoes themselves arrived in India from Europe.", "Along the Konkan coast, Hapus is the more intimate name. Ratnagiri’s fruit is celebrated in India’s regional-product catalogue, tying the mango’s reputation to a particular landscape and its growers. The grand name may travel on the export box; the local name is what someone asks for at home." ], "names": [ { "name": "Alphonso", "note": "Traditionally linked to the name of Afonso de Albuquerque." }, { "name": "Hapus / Happus", "note": "Local name and spelling recorded in Indian horticultural and historical sources." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "NIFTEM–Thanjavur: Mango processing project report, variety history", "url": "https://www.niftem-t.ac.in/pmfme/dpr-mangorte.pdf" }, { "title": "Spencer Low: Alphonso and its Portuguese name", "url": "https://www.portuguese.asia/post/alphonso-the-indian-king-of-mangos-with-a-portuguese-name" }, { "title": "Government of India: One District One Product catalogue", "url": "https://indiainmexico.gov.in/public_files/assets/pdf/ODOP_Catalouge_22SEP22_N3.pdf" }, { "title": "National Horticulture Board: Mango cultivar and hybrid descriptions", "url": "https://www.nhb.gov.in/pdf/fruits/mango/man013.pdf" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Hapus" ], "tastingProfileId": "alphonso", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/alphonso", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/alphonso.md", "illustration": { "url": "https://mangoranking.com/origins/konkan-grafting-v1.jpg", "alt": "Two orchard workers graft a mango branch above a red-soil Konkan coast with a sailing boat offshore.", "caption": "An imagined Konkan orchard, connecting coastal exchange and the craft of grafting. AI-created illustration, not proof of one origin account.", "productionMethod": "AI-created illustration" } }, { "id": "chaunsa", "slug": "chaunsa", "name": "Chaunsa", "title": "A battle in the telling, an orchard in the record", "description": "Chaunsa’s royal legend and its horticultural history take different paths through the subcontinent.", "place": "Sandila, Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh; also celebrated in Pakistan’s Punjab", "associatedPlace": "Pakistan", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Pakistan", "India" ], "status": "tradition", "statusLabel": "Local tradition", "statusDescription": "A local tradition or reported account, which must not be presented as a conclusively established origin.", "paragraphs": [ "One much-loved account says Sher Shah Suri named his favourite mango after his victory over Humayun at Chausa in 1539. It is a powerful name story, carried across India and Pakistan. We present the ruler’s act of naming as tradition, rather than a verified event in the life of a particular tree.", "Tamil Nadu Agricultural University gives a more specific horticultural account for Samarbehisht Chausa: a chance seedling in a landholder’s orchard at Sandila, in present-day Hardoi. These accounts should sit beside one another without pretending they say the same thing. Today the spelling Chaunsa is especially familiar in Pakistan, where the fruit has its own devoted following." ], "names": [ { "name": "Chausa / Chaunsa", "note": "Spellings used in India and Pakistan for this celebrated mango family." }, { "name": "Samarbehisht Chausa", "note": "Name used by TNAU for the Sandila seedling account." }, { "name": "Sumer Bahist / Summer Bahist", "note": "Alternative forms encountered in reporting and trade; naming alone does not establish that every marketed strain is identical." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Vriksh Foundation: Mango histories and the Chausa naming tradition", "url": "https://www.vriksh.org/mango" }, { "title": "The Tribune: Pakistani Chaunsa and the name Sumer Bahist (2018)", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/jammu-kashmir/pakistani-chaunsa-a-hit-with-mango-lovers-638519/" }, { "title": "Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: Indian mango varieties", "url": "https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/govt_schemes_services/aas/mango.html" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Chausa · Chounsa", "Chaunsa", "Chounsa", "Chausa", "Chonsa" ], "tastingProfileId": "chaunsa", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/chaunsa", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/chaunsa.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "kesar", "slug": "kesar", "name": "Kesar", "title": "The colour that became a name", "description": "Junagadh’s saffron-coloured mango carries the memory of growers, a horticulturist and a nawab.", "place": "Vanthali and Junagadh, Gujarat", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "documented", "statusLabel": "Documented history", "statusDescription": "A history described with documentary sources; consult the prose and citations for the scope and uncertainty of each claim.", "paragraphs": [ "Before Kesar became a famous name, historical accounts call the mango Sale Bhai ni Ambadi. Reporting based on Junagadh Agricultural University’s work describes grafts being spread from its mother tree and moved to the state’s Sakkar Bagh and Lal Dhori gardens. Horticulturist Ayengar studied the fruit there.", "The same account dates its naming to 25 May 1934: Junagadh’s Nawab Mahabat Khan recognised the saffron colour of the ripe pulp and called it Kesar. The fruit’s name makes that moment visible every time it is cut open. Gir Kesar also names a place: the growing country around Gir, whose particular reputation received geographical-indication recognition." ], "names": [ { "name": "Kesar", "note": "Saffron: the colour behind the recorded naming account." }, { "name": "Gir Kesar", "note": "The regional identity associated with the Gir growing area." }, { "name": "Sale Bhai ni Ambadi", "note": "Earlier name preserved in the historical account reported from Junagadh." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "FNB News: Gir Kesar history, reporting Junagadh Agricultural University (2011)", "url": "https://www.fnbnews.com/Top-News/Gir-Kesar-Mango-earns-GI-tag-improves-prospects-of-prices-and-exports" }, { "title": "Varu, Barad & Dhruj: Geographical indication of Kesar Mango (2017)", "url": "https://indianjournals.com/article/ijih-6-1-008" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Gir Kesar" ], "tastingProfileId": "kesar", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/kesar", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/kesar.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "himsagar", "slug": "himsagar", "name": "Himsagar", "title": "Bengal, spoken in more than one mango name", "description": "Himsagar and Khirsapati show how a fruit’s identity can stretch across languages, districts and a border.", "place": "Malda and wider Bengal, including growing regions of Bangladesh", "associatedPlace": "Bangladesh", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Bangladesh", "India" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "India’s geographical-indication register preserves a revealing double name: Malda Khirsapati (Himsagar) Mango. In Bangladesh, BARI’s field reports also use Khirsapat/Himsagar together. Both records place the names inside a living Bengal mango culture, rather than assigning the whole story to one modern country.", "Local naming is not always perfectly consistent, and closely related market names can conceal distinctions growers care about. These sources document the connection between the names; they do not establish a single discoverer or explain who first named the fruit. That part of the story remains open." ], "names": [ { "name": "Himsagar", "note": "Name used across Bengal and in the Indian regional registration." }, { "name": "Khirsapati", "note": "Spelling in the registered name Malda Khirsapati (Himsagar) Mango." }, { "name": "Khirsapat", "note": "Spelling used alongside Himsagar in a BARI field report; local usage can vary." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Intellectual Property India: Malda Khirsapati (Himsagar) Mango, registration 112", "url": "https://search.ipindia.gov.in/GIRPublicSearch/Application/Details/112" }, { "title": "Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute: Annual Report 2017–18, Khirsapat/Himsagar field trials", "url": "https://bari.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bari.portal.gov.bd/annual_reports/74f4b5f6_827f_4c92_8082_6cd466ca8b0c/BARI%20Annual%20Report%202017-18%20%28for%20BARI%20Website%29.pdf" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Khirsapati", "Himsagar" ], "tastingProfileId": "himsagar", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/himsagar", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/himsagar.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "ambika", "slug": "ambika", "name": "Ambika", "title": "A new generation from familiar parents", "description": "Ambika’s story begins with Indian breeders choosing which qualities the next mango should inherit.", "place": "ICAR–CISH, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "documented", "statusLabel": "Documented history", "statusDescription": "A history described with documentary sources; consult the prose and citations for the scope and uncertainty of each claim.", "paragraphs": [ "Ambika was developed at the Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture from Amrapali and Janardhan Pasand. Its family tree brings older mango names into a deliberately created new variety: a reminder that mango heritage includes the patient work of breeders as well as old orchards.", "The institute’s description emphasises a compact tree and yellow fruit carrying a red blush, with firm flesh and little fibre. Those choices have practical meaning for the people who tend, carry and sell the crop. We have a documented parentage here, although the source does not explain the choice of the name Ambika." ], "names": [ { "name": "Ambika / CISH-Ambika", "note": "The released hybrid name; CISH identifies the breeding institute." }, { "name": "Amrapali × Janardhan Pasand", "note": "Documented parentage, not a separate local cultivar name." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser: CISH Ambika", "url": "https://www.psa.gov.in/livelihood/10009" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Amrapali × Janardhan Pasand" ], "tastingProfileId": "ambika", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/ambika", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/ambika.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "jehangir", "slug": "jehangir", "name": "Jehangir", "title": "A grand name with a quieter paper trail", "description": "Jehangir is recorded in South Indian horticulture, but its name alone cannot prove a royal origin.", "place": "South Indian collections and breeding work, including Kodur, Andhra Pradesh", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "Jehangir, also written Jahangir, is a recognised mango in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University’s variety list. APEDA also records it as a parent of Swarna Jehangir, developed at the Fruit Research Station at Kodur. Its legacy therefore lives in another mango’s family tree.", "The name naturally invites stories about the Mughal emperor. The sources checked here do not identify its first tree, breeder or naming occasion, so that royal connection remains unverified. The documented story is of a valued variety kept in cultivation and used to create something new." ], "names": [ { "name": "Jehangir / Jahangir", "note": "Spellings found in Indian horticultural sources." }, { "name": "Swarna Jehangir", "note": "A descendant hybrid, not an alias: Chinnasuvarnarekha × Jehangir." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: Mango horticulture", "url": "https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_fruits_mango.html" }, { "title": "APEDA: Mango report, breeding institutions and cultivar parentage", "url": "https://agriexchange.apeda.gov.in/Weekly_eReport/Mango_Report_Final.pdf" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Jahangir mango" ], "tastingProfileId": "jehangir", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/jehangir", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/jehangir.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "mallika", "slug": "mallika", "name": "Mallika", "title": "Two old favourites, one new mango", "description": "Mallika joins Neelum and Dashehari in a family tree that breeders deliberately brought together.", "place": "Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "documented", "statusLabel": "Documented history", "statusDescription": "A history described with documentary sources; consult the prose and citations for the scope and uncertainty of each claim.", "paragraphs": [ "Mallika was released in 1971 from the cross Neelum × Dashehari. ICAR’s account places it among the achievements of Indian horticulture after Independence. An origin story can begin with a research orchard: flowers chosen, seedlings watched, and years of waiting to taste the result.", "Its companion Amrapali uses the same two parents in the opposite direction. They are distinct varieties, not interchangeable names. In Mallika, the documented result was a large fruit with firm, fibreless flesh and an appealing flavour—a new mango built from the qualities of two established favourites." ], "names": [ { "name": "Mallika", "note": "The released cultivar name." }, { "name": "Neelum × Dashehari", "note": "Its recorded parentage; Amrapali reverses the order of the parents." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "ICAR: Achievements in Horticulture in Independent India", "url": "https://www.icar.gov.in/sites/default/files/2023-02/Indian-Agriculture-after-Independence.pdf" }, { "title": "ICAR–IARI: Technologies for farmers, mango varieties", "url": "https://www.iari.res.in/files/Publication/Others/Tech_Options_English-15072014.pdf" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Neelum × Dashehari" ], "tastingProfileId": "mallika", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/mallika", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/mallika.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "panchadara-kalasa", "slug": "panchadara-kalasa", "name": "Panchadara Kalasa", "title": "The name promises a pot of sugar", "description": "Panchadara Kalasa belongs to Andhra’s tradition of mangoes you drink as much as eat.", "place": "Krishna–Godavari region, Andhra Pradesh", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "documented", "statusLabel": "Documented history", "statusDescription": "A history described with documentary sources; consult the prose and citations for the scope and uncertainty of each claim.", "paragraphs": [ "The Telugu name is commonly rendered as “sugar pot”: panchadara for sugar, kalasa for a pot. The image suits a mango treasured for its juice. Researchers trace Panchadarakalasa to the Krishna–Godavari region and place it among the rasaalu, the juicy or sucking mangoes of Andhra.", "A 2013 study found small genetic differences among trees grown under this name across the then-undivided state. That is a lovely complication in its story: a familiar name can hold the history of local propagation and selection, rather than one perfectly uniform clone. Its first named tree is not established by that study." ], "names": [ { "name": "Panchadara Kalasa", "note": "The familiar spaced spelling; commonly translated as sugar pot." }, { "name": "Panchadarakalasa", "note": "The spelling used in the horticultural study." }, { "name": "Rasaalu", "note": "A broader term for juicy mangoes, not a synonym unique to this cultivar." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Begum et al. (2013): The regional and genetic history of Panchadarakalasa", "url": "https://jjbs.hu.edu.jo/files/v6n2/Paper%20Number%208m.pdf" }, { "title": "Deepa Desa: Mangoes, mangoes everywhere, Seniors Today (2022)", "url": "https://seniorstoday.in/emagazine/Apr2022/files/basic-html/page35.html" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Sugar pot mango" ], "tastingProfileId": "panchadara-kalasa", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/panchadara-kalasa", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/panchadara-kalasa.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "dashehari", "slug": "dashehari", "name": "Dashehari", "title": "A village’s name on millions of lips", "description": "Dashehari leads back to a village near Lucknow and the mother tree its community remembers.", "place": "Dashehari village, near Kakori, Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India", "Pakistan" ], "status": "tradition", "statusLabel": "Local tradition", "statusDescription": "A local tradition or reported account, which must not be presented as a conclusively established origin.", "paragraphs": [ "The name comes from Dashehari village. A field account compiled by biodiversity researcher Bhuwon Sthapit with CISH scientists and local farmers describes its celebrated mother tree and the community around it. CISH collected scion material there in 1977 to propagate selected trees through nurseries.", "The account also preserves a local legend: a travelling mango trader quarrelled with a monk who offered shelter, pushed a prized fruit into the earth, and left. The monk cared for the seedling that followed; its fine fruit eventually attracted the landowning nawab’s attention. This is the remembered tale, not a verified planting record.", "The tree, the grafts and the story are different ways of keeping an inheritance alive. Dashehari names a mango, but it also keeps the village from disappearing behind the fruit’s fame." ], "names": [ { "name": "Dashehari / Dasheri", "note": "Spellings of the cultivar named for Dashehari village." }, { "name": "Malihabad Dusseheri", "note": "The regional name recorded in the geographical-indication account." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Bhuwon Sthapit with CISH scientists and farmers: Birthplace of Dashehari mango", "url": "https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/documents/MangoDashehari.pdf" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Dussehri · Malihabadi", "Dusehri", "Dusheri", "Dussehri", "Aman Dusehri", "Aman Dusahri" ], "tastingProfileId": "dashehari", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/dashehari", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/dashehari.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "langra", "slug": "langra", "name": "Langra", "title": "The grower hidden inside the name", "description": "Banaras remembers an unnamed orchard keeper whenever someone asks for Langra.", "place": "Varanasi (Banaras), Uttar Pradesh", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India", "Pakistan" ], "status": "tradition", "statusLabel": "Local tradition", "statusDescription": "A local tradition or reported account, which must not be presented as a conclusively established origin.", "paragraphs": [ "The widely repeated naming story connects Langra to a mango tree in the orchard of a man with a walking disability in Varanasi. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries records the account with “it is said”: a useful distinction between the town’s tradition and a proven biography.", "Langra is an old term referring to a limp. Repeating the story respectfully brings the person back into view, even though the sources do not preserve his name. Banarasi Langra makes the place explicit: this green-skinned favourite carries Banaras with it." ], "names": [ { "name": "Langra", "note": "A historical name associated in tradition with the orchard keeper’s limp." }, { "name": "Banarasi Langra", "note": "Regional name locating the tradition in Banaras, now Varanasi." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Ministry of Food Processing Industries: Mango value-chain study", "url": "https://www.mofpi.gov.in/sites/default/files/study_on_infrastructure_gaps_-_mango_0.pdf" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Banarasi Langra", "Langra" ], "tastingProfileId": "langra", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/langra", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/langra.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "banganapalli", "slug": "banganapalli", "name": "Banganapalli", "title": "A town travels inside a mango", "description": "Banganapalli, Baneshan and Safeda are names through which different markets recognise a beloved southern fruit.", "place": "Banganapalle, Andhra Pradesh", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India", "Pakistan" ], "status": "documented", "statusLabel": "Documented history", "statusDescription": "A history described with documentary sources; consult the prose and citations for the scope and uncertainty of each claim.", "paragraphs": [ "Banganapalli carries the name of Banganapalle, the Andhra town associated with the mango and its former nawab. India’s regional-product catalogue preserves the nawab connection; horticultural records preserve the cultivar’s wide southern cultivation. The available accounts do not provide a secure biography of its very first tree.", "As the fruit moves, its name changes. The National Horticulture Board records Baneshan and Safeda alongside Banganapalli. A familiar market name can be as meaningful as a place name, although a seller’s use of Safeda on its own is not enough to identify every mango with certainty." ], "names": [ { "name": "Banganapalli / Banganapalle", "note": "The cultivar name preserves its association with the Andhra town." }, { "name": "Baneshan / Benishan", "note": "Common alternative spellings used for this mango." }, { "name": "Safeda", "note": "A recorded market synonym; the word is also used for other mangoes in some regions." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Government of India: One District One Product catalogue", "url": "https://indiainmexico.gov.in/public_files/assets/pdf/ODOP_Catalouge_22SEP22_N3.pdf" }, { "title": "National Horticulture Board: Mango cultivar and hybrid descriptions", "url": "https://www.nhb.gov.in/pdf/fruits/mango/man013.pdf" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Benishan · Safeda", "Bangan Pali", "Banganpali", "Beganpali", "Bagan Pali" ], "tastingProfileId": "banganapalli", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/banganapalli", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/banganapalli.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "totapuri", "slug": "totapuri", "name": "Totapuri", "title": "The mango with a parrot’s beak", "description": "One unmistakable pointed tip has gathered a whole vocabulary across South India.", "place": "South India, including Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "Totapuri’s curved, beak-like tip is the feature people recognise first. The Chittoor district administration records a lively cluster of names for it, including Kili Mooku, Bangalore, Collector and Sandersha. This is a fruit whose shape and travels are easier to trace than its first tree.", "The same local record follows it into juice, nectar and preserves. That everyday usefulness is part of its cultural life: the mango can be remembered by a shape, a name shouted across a market, or the taste of a drink. No single verified discovery story emerged from the sources checked here." ], "names": [ { "name": "Totapuri", "note": "The familiar name for the distinctive beaked mango." }, { "name": "Bangalora / Bangalore", "note": "Names recorded by Indian horticultural and district sources." }, { "name": "Kili Mooku", "note": "A Tamil local name recorded by Chittoor’s product guide." }, { "name": "Collector / Sandersha", "note": "Additional names recorded in the district guide." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Chittoor District Administration: Totapuri and Rasapuri", "url": "https://chittoor.ap.gov.in/products-list/" }, { "title": "APEDA: Indian mango varieties and traditional ways of eating", "url": "https://apeda.gov.in/Benefits-Mangoes" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Bangalora · Sandersha" ], "tastingProfileId": "totapuri", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/totapuri", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/totapuri.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "regional-india-amrapali", "slug": "regional-india-amrapali", "name": "Amrapali", "title": "A name from an old story, a tree for a new orchard", "description": "Amrapali combines a celebrated ancient name with a documented modern breeding history.", "place": "Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "documented", "statusLabel": "Documented history", "statusDescription": "A history described with documentary sources; consult the prose and citations for the scope and uncertainty of each claim.", "paragraphs": [ "Amrapali was developed at IARI from Dashehari × Neelum. Its small tree and regular cropping gave growers a way to fit more trees into an orchard. Here the origin is recorded work by breeders, rather than a chance fruit found beside a road.", "Cultural accounts connect its name to Amrapali of ancient Vaishali, remembered in Buddhist tradition. That is the name’s cultural association; it is separate from the cultivar’s modern parentage. 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It is also a parent of Mallika and Amrapali, giving this older southern variety a second life in modern breeding.", "Neelum and Neelam are familiar spellings. Its original naming occasion is not established in the sources checked here; the secure story is a Tamil Nadu mango whose descendants have travelled widely." ], "names": [ { "name": "Neelum / Neelam", "note": "Alternative spellings used in horticultural accounts." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: Indian mango varieties", "url": "https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/govt_schemes_services/aas/mango.html" }, { "title": "ICAR: Achievements in Horticulture in Independent India", "url": "https://www.icar.gov.in/sites/default/files/2023-02/Indian-Agriculture-after-Independence.pdf" }, { "title": "ICAR–IARI: Technologies for farmers, mango varieties", "url": "https://www.iari.res.in/files/Publication/Others/Tech_Options_English-15072014.pdf" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Neelum", "Neelam" ], "tastingProfileId": null, "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-neelum", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-neelum.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "regional-india-pairi", "slug": "regional-india-pairi", "name": "Pairi", "title": "A name that travelled with the grafts", "description": "Pairi already had several spellings—and more than one selection—when it entered early international mango records.", "place": "Western India; historical introductions from Mumbai and Pune", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "tradition", "statusLabel": "Local tradition", "statusDescription": "A local tradition or reported account, which must not be presented as a conclusively established origin.", "paragraphs": [ "Writing in 1920, horticulturist Wilson Popenoe recorded Pairi arriving in the United States from Bombay in 1902, followed by a slightly different selection from Poona in 1911. The name travelled, but it did not always describe identical fruit.", "Popenoe suggested that Pairi might derive from the Portuguese surname Pereira. He treated that as a possibility, and so do we. His recorded spellings—Paheri, Pirie and Pyrie—show how an orchard name changes as it moves between voices and places." ], "names": [ { "name": "Pairi", "note": "The name used in India’s horticultural records." }, { "name": "Paheri / Pirie / Pyrie", "note": "Historical spellings recorded by Popenoe; his proposed Pereira etymology remains tentative." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Wilson Popenoe (1920): Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, mango varieties", "url": "https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/MangoPopenoe11.htm" }, { "title": "National Horticulture Board: Mango varieties and growing regions", "url": "https://www.nhb.gov.in/report_files/mango/MANGO.htm" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Pairi" ], "tastingProfileId": null, "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-pairi", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-pairi.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "regional-india-goa-mankurad", "slug": "regional-india-goa-mankurad", "name": "Mankurad", "title": "The “poor-coloured” mango Goa treasures", "description": "Mankurad’s name is remembered as a Portuguese description transformed by local speech.", "place": "Goa", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "tradition", "statusLabel": "Local tradition", "statusDescription": "A local tradition or reported account, which must not be presented as a conclusively established origin.", "paragraphs": [ "The usual name story begins with Malcorado, understood as “poor-coloured” in Portuguese, and follows the word into the Konkani name Mankurad. It is a wonderfully unfair description for a mango so highly prized in Goa.", "Goan horticultural records preserve names including Goa Mankur, Kurad and Malcorado, while leaving the cultivar’s precise origin unknown. The grafting culture documented in Goa helped keep favourite trees in circulation. The name’s journey is better documented than the identity of its first grower." ], "names": [ { "name": "Mankurad / Goa Mankur", "note": "Names used for Goa’s prized cultivar." }, { "name": "Malcorado", "note": "Portuguese form associated with the traditional “poor-coloured” explanation." }, { "name": "Kurad / Corado", "note": "Additional forms recorded in ICAR’s Goa mango bulletin." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "ICAR–CCARI: Technical Bulletin 1, mango diversity of Goa", "url": "https://ccari.res.in/Technical%20Bulletin%20No.%201.pdf" }, { "title": "The Indian Express: Mankurad, Malcorado and Goa’s grafting heritage (2024)", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mankurad-mangoes-selling-for-rs-5000-a-dozen-in-goa-9154215/" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Mankurad", "Goa Mankurad" ], "tastingProfileId": null, "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-goa-mankurad", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-goa-mankurad.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "regional-india-rajapuri", "slug": "regional-india-rajapuri", "name": "Rajapuri", "title": "An old name on a travelling fruit", "description": "Rajapuri appears in both western Indian cultivation and an early record of mangoes sent abroad.", "place": "Western India; historical introduction from Bengaluru", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "Popenoe’s 1920 manual recorded a mango called Rajpuri, with Rajapuri among its spellings, introduced to the United States from Bangalore in 1901. NHB also records Rajapuri in Gujarat and Maharashtra.", "Even the early writer was unsure which place the name referred to. We therefore keep the historical trail without choosing a town or royal founder that the evidence cannot establish." ], "names": [ { "name": "Rajapuri / Rajpuri", "note": "Spellings connected in the historical manual; modern local selections still require careful identification." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Wilson Popenoe (1920): Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, mango varieties", "url": "https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/MangoPopenoe11.htm" }, { "title": "National Horticulture Board: Mango varieties and growing regions", "url": "https://www.nhb.gov.in/report_files/mango/MANGO.htm" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Rajapuri" ], "tastingProfileId": null, "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-rajapuri", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-rajapuri.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "regional-india-vanraj", "slug": "regional-india-vanraj", "name": "Vanraj", "title": "A name to remember in Vadodara", "description": "Vanraj has a clear regional home in the horticultural record, even without a surviving first-tree tale.", "place": "Vadodara district, Gujarat", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "TNAU singles out Vanraj as a valued variety of Vadodara. Its record anchors the name to a local growing community. A verified naming event or original grower has not yet been established in the sources checked here." ], "names": [ { "name": "Vanraj", "note": "Cultivar name recorded for Vadodara; no secure etymology found." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: Indian mango varieties", "url": "https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/govt_schemes_services/aas/mango.html" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Vanraj" ], "tastingProfileId": null, "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-vanraj", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-vanraj.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "regional-india-jamadar", "slug": "regional-india-jamadar", "name": "Jamadar", "title": "A Gujarat name worth keeping in view", "description": "Jamadar belongs in the record alongside the better-known mangoes of western India.", "place": "Gujarat and Karnataka", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "Government sources record Jamadar in Gujarat and Karnataka, including its use for pickle and dried mango. They do not identify the person or place behind its name. Keeping that name visible leaves room for the growers’ fuller history to be found." ], "names": [ { "name": "Jamadar", "note": "The recorded cultivar name; the evidence checked does not establish who named it." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Ministry of Food Processing Industries: Mango value-chain study", "url": "https://www.mofpi.gov.in/sites/default/files/study_on_infrastructure_gaps_-_mango_0.pdf" }, { "title": "National Horticulture Board: Mango varieties and growing regions", "url": "https://www.nhb.gov.in/report_files/mango/MANGO.htm" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Jamadar" ], "tastingProfileId": null, "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-jamadar", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-jamadar.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "regional-india-bombay-green", "slug": "regional-india-bombay-green", "name": "Bombay Green", "title": "A travelling name that needs local context", "description": "Bombay Green is a reminder that a market name can change meaning from one region to another.", "place": "Northern India, including Uttar Pradesh and Haryana", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "TNAU records Bombay Green under the name Malda in northern India, while listing Bombai separately. A shared market word is not proof that every fruit sold under it is the same cultivar. The first tree and the reason for the Bombay name remain unverified here." ], "names": [ { "name": "Bombay Green", "note": "The distinct cultivar name in horticultural records." }, { "name": "Malda", "note": "A northern market synonym recorded by TNAU; also applied to other mangoes, so context matters." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: Indian mango varieties", "url": "https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/govt_schemes_services/aas/mango.html" }, { "title": "National Horticulture Board: Mango cultivar and hybrid descriptions", "url": "https://www.nhb.gov.in/pdf/fruits/mango/man013.pdf" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Bombay Green" ], "tastingProfileId": null, "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-bombay-green", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-bombay-green.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "regional-india-zardalu", "slug": "regional-india-zardalu", "name": "Zardalu", "title": "Bhagalpur’s mango, with a royal memory", "description": "Zardalu carries a local tradition of royal cultivation as well as a wider eastern Indian identity.", "place": "Bhagalpur, Bihar; also recorded in eastern Indian cultivation", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "tradition", "statusLabel": "Local tradition", "statusDescription": "A local tradition or reported account, which must not be presented as a conclusively established origin.", "paragraphs": [ "Bihar Bhawan’s heritage account says Bhagalpuri Zardalu is believed to have been first cultivated locally by Maharaja Rahmat Ali Khan Bahadur of Khadagpur. “Believed” matters: the account preserves a regional tradition rather than a dated planting record.", "Zardalu also appears beyond Bhagalpur in horticultural lists. Jardalu is another recorded spelling. The particular pride of Bhagalpur can be celebrated without turning the region’s tradition into an exclusive claim about every tree bearing the name." ], "names": [ { "name": "Zardalu / Jardalu", "note": "Spellings recorded in Indian cultivar lists." }, { "name": "Bhagalpuri Zardalu", "note": "Regional name that ties the fruit to Bhagalpur’s growing tradition." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Bihar Bhawan: Bhagalpuri Zardalu Mango heritage", "url": "https://biharbhawan.gov.in/Docs/ArtArtist/GITags.pdf" }, { "title": "National Horticulture Board: Mango varieties and growing regions", "url": "https://www.nhb.gov.in/report_files/mango/MANGO.htm" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Zardalu", "Jardalu" ], "tastingProfileId": null, "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-zardalu", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-zardalu.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "regional-india-kishen-bhog", "slug": "regional-india-kishen-bhog", "name": "Kishen Bhog", "title": "A Murshidabad name still in season", "description": "Kishen Bhog keeps a specific corner of Bengal present in the mango list.", "place": "Murshidabad, West Bengal", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "TNAU identifies Kishen Bhog with Murshidabad. Kishan Bhog and Kishenbhog are spellings encountered in cultivar records. The sources checked do not establish a naming ceremony or first grower; its secure heritage is the regional name itself." ], "names": [ { "name": "Kishen Bhog / Kishan Bhog / Kishenbhog", "note": "Recorded spelling variations; no verified naming event found." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: Indian mango varieties", "url": "https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/govt_schemes_services/aas/mango.html" }, { "title": "National Horticulture Board: Mango varieties and growing regions", "url": "https://www.nhb.gov.in/report_files/mango/MANGO.htm" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Kishen Bhog", "Kishan Bhog", "Kishenbhog" ], "tastingProfileId": null, "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-kishen-bhog", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-kishen-bhog.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "regional-india-gulab-khas", "slug": "regional-india-gulab-khas", "name": "Gulab Khas", "title": "A familiar name across eastern orchards", "description": "Gulab Khas belongs to the shared mango vocabulary of Bihar, Jharkhand and Bengal.", "place": "Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "NHB records Gulab Khas across these eastern growing regions. Gulabkhas is the joined spelling in the same horticultural record. A documented first tree or reliable account of why the cultivar received its name has not yet been established here." ], "names": [ { "name": "Gulab Khas / Gulabkhas", "note": "Separate and joined spellings in the horticultural record." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "National Horticulture Board: Mango varieties and growing regions", "url": "https://www.nhb.gov.in/report_files/mango/MANGO.htm" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Gulab Khas", "Gulabkhas" ], "tastingProfileId": null, "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-gulab-khas", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-gulab-khas.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "regional-india-fazli", "slug": "regional-india-fazli", "name": "Fazli", "title": "The woman remembered in a very large mango", "description": "A Bengali name story connects Fazli with Fazal Bibi and her village of Arapur.", "place": "Arapur and Malda, West Bengal", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "tradition", "statusLabel": "Local tradition", "statusDescription": "A local tradition or reported account, which must not be presented as a conclusively established origin.", "paragraphs": [ "A study of mango growers in Murshidabad preserves the account that Fazli was named for Fazal Bibi of Arapur. It is an unusually personal thread in mango history: a woman’s name surviving through a fruit whose reputation became much larger than one orchard.", "The source records the naming account, but does not supply contemporary evidence from her lifetime. We keep it as tradition. Fazli’s later identity in Malda is well established, and the name Fazli Babu also appears in the same account." ], "names": [ { "name": "Fazli", "note": "Traditionally associated with Fazal Bibi of Arapur." }, { "name": "Fazli Babu", "note": "Alternative form recorded in the Murshidabad study." }, { "name": "Fazri", "note": "A spelling encountered in regional lists; local naming should be checked before assuming identical accessions." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Indian Journal of Extension Education (2022): Mango growers’ preferences in Murshidabad", "url": "https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJEE/article/download/128433/47973/466770" }, { "title": "National Horticulture Board: Mango varieties and growing regions", "url": "https://www.nhb.gov.in/report_files/mango/MANGO.htm" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Fazli", "Fazri" ], "tastingProfileId": null, "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-fazli", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-fazli.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "regional-india-suvarnarekha", "slug": "regional-india-suvarnarekha", "name": "Suvarnarekha", "title": "One coastal mango, several beautiful names", "description": "Suvarnarekha’s names map a familiar fruit of coastal Andhra.", "place": "Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "TNAU connects this cultivar with Visakhapatnam and records Sundari, Lal Sundari and Chinna Suvernarekha alongside it. 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The familiar variety sat beside newer hybrids: a small public celebration of the diversity growers have kept.", "The sources checked here do not securely identify Mulgoa’s first tree or establish every similarly spelled overseas mango as the same cultivar. We preserve the documented South Indian name without smoothing away that uncertainty." ], "names": [ { "name": "Mulgoa", "note": "Spelling retained in NHB and ICAR records." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "ICAR: Varietal Diversity of South Indian Mangoes (2019)", "url": "https://icar.gov.in/en/node/11836" }, { "title": "National Horticulture Board: Mango cultivar and hybrid descriptions", "url": "https://www.nhb.gov.in/pdf/fruits/mango/man013.pdf" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Mulgoa" ], "tastingProfileId": null, "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-mulgoa", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-mulgoa.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "regional-india-rumani", "slug": "regional-india-rumani", "name": "Rumani", "title": "A Tamil Nadu favourite becomes a parent", "description": "Rumani’s recorded family tree is one way to follow its influence beyond its own orchards.", "place": "Tamil Nadu; breeding work in Andhra Pradesh", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "documented", "statusLabel": "Documented history", "statusDescription": "A history described with documentary sources; consult the prose and citations for the scope and uncertainty of each claim.", "paragraphs": [ "Rumani is a recognised Tamil Nadu cultivar. In later breeding work it became a parent of AU Rumani with Mulgoa, and of Manjeera with Neelum. These are new hybrids, not replacement names for the older mango.", "The original naming story is not established in the sources checked. 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Its sibling in this directory, Arka Aruna, uses the parents in the opposite order. Each is a separately selected variety.", "The cross matters because some secondary lists mix Puneet up with Arka Anmol, whose parentage is Alphonso × Janardhan Pasand. 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Its history belongs to the long work of improving fruit for the people who grow and eat it.", "It then entered another cross with Alphonso to produce Sindhu. 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Ratna was already a Neelum–Alphonso hybrid, so this second cross returned the family to Alphonso.", "The resulting fruit is known for a very thin, small stone. “Seedless” is sometimes used loosely in popular accounts; the institutional description is more precise. Its small stone is the outcome of a traceable breeding story, not a missing piece of the fruit." ], "names": [ { "name": "Sindhu", "note": "The released cultivar name." }, { "name": "Ratna × Alphonso", "note": "Recorded parentage, building on Ratna’s Neelum × Alphonso ancestry." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "APEDA: Mango report, breeding institutions and cultivar parentage", "url": "https://agriexchange.apeda.gov.in/Weekly_eReport/Mango_Report_Final.pdf" }, { "title": "National Horticulture Board: Mango cultivar and hybrid descriptions", "url": "https://www.nhb.gov.in/pdf/fruits/mango/man013.pdf" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Sindhu" ], "tastingProfileId": null, "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-sindhu", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-sindhu.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "regional-india-rasapuri", "slug": "regional-india-rasapuri", "name": "Rasapuri", "title": "Mysuru’s mango, carried in a local name", "description": "Rasapuri’s documented home is the Old Mysuru region and its familiar food culture.", "place": "Old Mysuru region, Karnataka", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "The Chittoor district product guide places Raspuri in Karnataka’s Old Mysuru region. 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We keep both spellings and the place they point to, without merging every similarly named mango into one." ], "names": [ { "name": "Rasapuri / Raspuri", "note": "Both spellings appear in government and ICAR accounts." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Chittoor District Administration: Totapuri and Rasapuri", "url": "https://chittoor.ap.gov.in/products-list/" }, { "title": "ICAR: Varietal Diversity of South Indian Mangoes (2019)", "url": "https://icar.gov.in/en/node/11836" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Rasapuri" ], "tastingProfileId": null, "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-rasapuri", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-rasapuri.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "regional-india-himam-pasand", "slug": "regional-india-himam-pasand", "name": "Himam Pasand", "title": "A gift of a graft beside the Cauvery", "description": "A family garden in Srirangam preserves one local chapter of Imam Pasand’s journey.", "place": "Thathachariar Gardens, Srirangam, Tamil Nadu; earlier graft from Andhra Pradesh", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "tradition", "statusLabel": "Local tradition", "statusDescription": "A local tradition or reported account, which must not be presented as a conclusively established origin.", "paragraphs": [ "In a 2014 interview, S. 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The tangible local inheritance is the garden, the grafts and a family’s care beside the Cauvery." ], "names": [ { "name": "Himam Pasand", "note": "Spelling used in ICAR’s South Indian diversity showcase." }, { "name": "Imam Pasand", "note": "Name used at Thathachariar Gardens; translated in the report as the Imam’s favourite." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "The Hindu, archived by TNAU: A king among mangoes, Thathachariar Gardens (2014)", "url": "https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/daily_events/2014/english/may/24_may_14_eng.pdf" }, { "title": "ICAR: Varietal Diversity of South Indian Mangoes (2019)", "url": "https://icar.gov.in/en/node/11836" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Himam Pasand" ], "tastingProfileId": null, "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-himam-pasand", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-india-himam-pasand.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "regional-india-allumpur-baneshan", "slug": "regional-india-allumpur-baneshan", "name": "Allumpur Baneshan", "title": "A name worth keeping distinct", "description": "Allumpur Baneshan is recorded separately from Banganapalli in Indian horticulture.", "place": "South India; recorded in the Andhra Pradesh cultivar list", "associatedPlace": "India", "associatedCountryNames": [ "India" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "NHB lists Allumpur Baneshan separately from Banganapalli. 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Mexico’s official account records research on those trees in 1963 and the nursery work of agronomist Héctor Cano Flores at Rosario Izapa. A neighbourhood fruit became a selection that growers could share.", "The scientific selection was called IMC-M2; the name that travelled was Ataulfo. In 2003, Mango Ataulfo del Soconusco Chiapas received a protected designation of origin, preserving the connection between the fruit and this corner of Mexico. “Honey” is a market name you may meet abroad, but Ataulfo carries the person and place with it." ], "names": [ { "name": "Ataulfo / Ataúlfo", "note": "Remembers Ataulfo Morales Gordillo of Tapachula." }, { "name": "IMC-M2", "note": "The selection designation recorded in the official Mexican history." }, { "name": "Honey", "note": "English market name used for Ataulfo mangoes." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Government of Mexico — Nuestra Riqueza: Mango Ataulfo", "url": "https://www.gob.mx/lotenal/videos/sorteo-zodiaco-no-1600-nuestra-riqueza-mango-ataulfo" }, { "title": "Secretaría de Economía — Ataulfo designation of origin", "url": "https://www.gob.mx/se/articulos/13680" }, { "title": "National Mango Board — Honey (Ataulfo)", "url": "https://www.mango.org/mango-variety/honey/" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Honey · Champagne" ], "tastingProfileId": "ataulfo", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/ataulfo", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/ataulfo.md", "illustration": { "url": "https://mangoranking.com/origins/ataulfo-orchard-v1.jpg", "alt": "Two people examine golden mangoes and a grafted branch in an illustrated Chiapas orchard.", "caption": "An imagined Tapachula orchard, inspired by Ataulfo’s grower-and-grafting story. 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The sources establish the Thai name and the fruit’s place at the table; they do not identify a single discoverer or a first mother tree." ], "names": [ { "name": "Nam Dok Mai / Nam Doc Mai", "note": "Different English spellings of the Thai name." }, { "name": "น้ำดอกไม้", "note": "Thai spelling, commonly translated as flower nectar." }, { "name": "Si Thong", "note": "A named golden selection; not a synonym for every Nam Dok Mai tree." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "MMA Farms — Nam Doc Mai", "url": "https://mmafarms.com/mango-varieties/nam-doc-mai/" }, { "title": "Thailand Department of Agricultural Extension — mango varieties", "url": "https://www.doae.go.th/en/mango-2/" }, { "title": "Le Cafe Siam — mango and sticky rice", "url": "https://www.lecafesiam.com/blog/mango-amp-sticky-rice" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Nam Doc Mai · Golden flower" ], "tastingProfileId": "nam-dok-mai", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/nam-dok-mai", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/nam-dok-mai.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "harumanis", "slug": "harumanis", "name": "Harumanis", "title": "Perlis made it its own", "description": "A Selangor selection became one of northern Malaysia’s most eagerly awaited seasonal arrivals.", "place": "Sungai Nibong, Selangor → Perlis, Malaysia", "associatedPlace": "Malaysia", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Malaysia" ], "status": "documented", "statusLabel": "Documented history", "statusDescription": "A history described with documentary sources; consult the prose and citations for the scope and uncertainty of each claim.", "paragraphs": [ "Harumanis carries a simple Malay promise: fragrant and sweet. Malaysia’s official account traces the variety to Sungai Nibong in Kuala Selangor, with registration as MA128 on 28 May 1971. Its fame in Perlis came later, as growers and agricultural programmes spread the trees.", "Perlis gave it an adopted home and a strong identity. The state’s dry, hot flowering season suits it, and local food culture pairs the ripe fruit with glutinous rice. The name on the box can therefore tell two stories at once: where a selection began, and where people made it their own." ], "names": [ { "name": "Harumanis / Harum Manis", "note": "Malay words referring to fragrance and sweetness." }, { "name": "MA128", "note": "The registered Malaysian selection." }, { "name": "Mempelam Harumanis", "note": "Mempelam is a Malay name for mango, used in Perlis sources." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Department of Statistics Malaysia — Harumanis Warisan Emas Hijau", "url": "https://www.dosm.gov.my/uploads/release-content/file_20260416111519.pdf" }, { "title": "Perlis Public Library — Harumanis Perlis", "url": "https://www.perlislib.gov.my/web/ejurnal-perlis/1438-harumanis-perlis" }, { "title": "Malaysia Department for Culture and Arts — Harumanis", "url": "https://pemetaanbudaya.jkkn.gov.my/en/senibudaya/detail/1197" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Harum Manis · Perlis mango" ], "tastingProfileId": "harumanis", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/harumanis", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/harumanis.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "cat-chu", "slug": "cat-chu", "name": "Cát Chu", "title": "A little pout, a royal tale", "description": "Cao Lãnh’s mango keeps more than one explanation for its name.", "place": "Cao Lãnh, Đồng Tháp, Vietnam", "associatedPlace": "Vietnam", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Vietnam" ], "status": "tradition", "statusLabel": "Local tradition", "statusDescription": "A local tradition or reported account, which must not be presented as a conclusively established origin.", "paragraphs": [ "Look at the raised stem end. Farmers quoted by Vietnam’s intellectual property office say it resembles pursed lips: “chu miệng.” Another explanation links chu to the colour of the ripe fruit. The official account preserves both explanations instead of pretending the name has one settled origin.", "Local tradition also connects the mango with Nguyễn Ánh, later Emperor Gia Long, who is said to have enjoyed the fruit while sheltering in the area. That royal story is a tradition, not a verified cultivar pedigree. The firmer modern record is Cao Lãnh’s geographical indication, granted in 2019: a place keeping its name attached to its fruit." ], "names": [ { "name": "Cát Chu", "note": "A traditional Đồng Tháp name with competing local explanations." }, { "name": "Cao Lãnh Cát Chu", "note": "Adds the place associated with the protected mango." }, { "name": "Xoài tiến vua", "note": "“Mango offered to the king,” a name associated with the royal tradition." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam — Cao Lãnh mango GI", "url": "https://www.ipvietnam.gov.vn/web/english/domestic-ip-activities/-/asset_publisher/ZMuTgR44COLR/content/geographical-indication-protection-of-cao-lanh-for-mango" }, { "title": "Vietnam News — Cao Lãnh’s Cát Chu mango", "url": "https://ovietnam.vietnamnews.vn/cao-lanh39s-cat-chu-mango-the-pride-of-dong-thap-province-post343063.html" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Cao Lãnh Cát Chu" ], "tastingProfileId": "cat-chu", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/cat-chu", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/cat-chu.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "julie", "slug": "julie", "name": "Julie", "title": "A Caribbean family tree", "description": "A small mango travelled between islands, then left descendants in Florida gardens.", "place": "Caribbean; strongly associated with Trinidad and Jamaica", "associatedPlace": "Trinidad & Tobago", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Trinidad and Tobago", "Jamaica" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "Julie belongs to the shared mango culture of the Caribbean. 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Trade with Asia brought fruit as well as cargo; the exact voyage and parent tree remain uncertain.", "The local story follows good fruit passed between growers, eventually reaching Harry Lott’s Kensington property. 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Farmers had used smoke to encourage flowering; he investigated a more practical approach.", "Barba’s potassium-nitrate work helped growers induce flowering and transformed Philippine mango production. He did not create Carabao: his achievement changed the possibilities for an existing fruit and the people who grew, packed and sold it. 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It is a lovely act of naming: one fruit, held in the hand, imagined as a single precious stone.", "The available producer record establishes the Burmese name and its regional home, but not an adequately documented first tree or discoverer. The jewel metaphor is real; stories about exactly who named it need stronger evidence. 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Growers recognised both the quality of its fruit and the usefulness of its harvest, and the garden selection moved into commercial orchards.", "Its name now turns up far from Florida, including Latin America and southern Africa. Kent also became a parent to later selections such as Gold Nugget. 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A Cambodian trade guide explains keo through the pale flesh of the unripe fruit and its glass-like association. The spelling changes as the name moves between Khmer and English: Romeat, Romiet and Romet all appear in trade.", "Its cultural story is also a story of stages. Cambodian producers describe people enjoying it fresh while green as well as ripe, and processors have carried it abroad as dried fruit. 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Its parents are unknown. That uncertainty leaves room for the real event at the centre of so many fruit histories: someone noticed a good tree and kept it.", "Kenya’s forestry research institute records Apple in several growing districts. “Apple mango” is also used loosely elsewhere for round or blushing mangoes, so the Kenyan place matters when asking for this one. A familiar English word can hide a very particular coastal fruit." ], "names": [ { "name": "Apple / Kenyan Apple", "note": "The Kenyan cultivar, rather than every mango marketed as apple-shaped." }, { "name": "Malindi Apple", "note": "A geographical name recorded in international horticultural reports." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "World Agroforestry — Mango Growing in Kenya", "url": "https://apps.worldagroforestry.org/downloads/Publications/PDFS/97_Mango_growing_in_kenya.pdf" }, { "title": "Kenya Forestry Research Institute — Apple", "url": "https://www.kefri.org/MANGO/apple.html" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Kenyan Apple" ], "tastingProfileId": "apple-mango", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/apple-mango", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/apple-mango.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "manga-rosa", "slug": "manga-rosa", "name": "Manga Rosa", "title": "Many trees under one rosy name", "description": "Brazil’s Rosa is a local inheritance with diversity still inside it.", "place": "Brazil, especially northeastern growing regions", "associatedPlace": "Brazil", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Brazil" ], "status": "documented", "statusLabel": "Documented history", "statusDescription": "A history described with documentary sources; consult the prose and citations for the scope and uncertainty of each claim.", "paragraphs": [ "Manga Rosa is a long-established Brazilian name, and the research record reveals more than one uniform tree behind it. Embrapa has studied a collection of 26 Rosa accessions, comparing their differences rather than assuming every mango with the name is identical.", "In Teresina, Embrapa’s work on productive Rosa selections began in 1999. That gives this story a present tense: growers and researchers are still choosing within a familiar local fruit. The sources used here do not identify a single first tree or prove who first chose the name." ], "names": [ { "name": "Manga Rosa / Rosa", "note": "Brazilian name used for a variable set of local accessions; manga means mango." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Embrapa — genetic diversity in Rosa accessions", "url": "https://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/bitstream/doc/1027687/1/ANAISSIMPOSIODERECURSOSGENETICOS2015.pdf" }, { "title": "Bahia agriculture department / Embrapa — selecting productive Rosa mangoes", "url": "https://www.ba.gov.br/seagri/noticias/2009/01/26/corrida-pela-manga-rosa-mais-produtiva" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Rosa" ], "tastingProfileId": "manga-rosa", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/manga-rosa", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/manga-rosa.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "east-indian", "slug": "east-indian", "name": "East Indian", "title": "An Indian name, a Jamaican home", "description": "A name can remember a journey while the fruit becomes part of a new home.", "place": "Jamaica", "associatedPlace": "Jamaica", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Jamaica" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "East Indian is deeply associated with Jamaica. Grower records suggest a relationship to the juicy Rasalu mango types carried from southern India during the nineteenth century, but describe that relationship as probable. The name alone cannot establish the exact ancestor or the ship that brought it.", "The Jamaican identity is much less uncertain: this is a mango sought out for its distinctive character, including by Jamaicans growing fruit in Florida. Keeping the full name preserves both sides of the story—the remembered direction of travel and the island where the fruit became beloved." ], "names": [ { "name": "East Indian", "note": "Established Jamaican mango name; not a claim that all Indian mangoes are this cultivar." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Tropical Acres Farms — East Indian", "url": "https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/east-indian" } ], "searchTerms": [ "East Indian mango" ], "tastingProfileId": "east-indian", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/east-indian", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/east-indian.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "zebda", "slug": "zebda", "name": "Zebda", "title": "Butter, in one word", "description": "Egypt’s mango vocabulary makes room for a name you can almost feel.", "place": "Egypt", "associatedPlace": "Egypt", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Egypt" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "Zebda means butter. Egyptian food-history publisher RAWI uses that translation in its account of the country’s mangoes: a small, vivid clue to why a local name can feel more personal than a catalogue number.", "The historical record consulted here does not identify Zebda’s first tree or namesake. Its place in Egyptian orchards is well established, and research also records its use as a rootstock. 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Before later imported cultivars became familiar, these were part of the foundation of local orchards.", "Sabre’s second life is often hidden below the graft. Researchers record it as a major rootstock: the rooted tree supporting another named mango above it. That is a different kind of legacy, easy to miss when the label names only the fruit at the top. The original discoverer and naming event remain unestablished here." ], "names": [ { "name": "Sabre", "note": "Historical South African cultivar and rootstock name." }, { "name": "Sabel", "note": "A spelling encountered in regional catalogues." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "South African Agricultural Research Council — mango history", "url": "https://www.arc.agric.za/arc-itsc/Pages/Mango.aspx" }, { "title": "ARC research — mango rootstock evaluation in South Africa", "url": "https://agris.fao.org/search/fr/records/6472457553aa8c8963043f7c" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Sabel" ], "tastingProfileId": "sabre", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/sabre", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/sabre.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "keitt", "slug": "keitt", "name": "Keitt", "title": "A family name at the end of summer", "description": "The Keitt selection gave growers a reason to keep mango season going.", "place": "Homestead, Florida, United States", "associatedPlace": "Florida", "associatedCountryNames": [ "United States", "Venezuela" ], "status": "documented", "statusLabel": "Documented history", "statusDescription": "A history described with documentary sources; consult the prose and citations for the scope and uncertainty of each claim.", "paragraphs": [ "Keitt was selected by the Keitt family in Homestead in the 1940s. Its generous late crop attracted commercial growers, and the name travelled with grafted trees into orchards across the Americas.", "The parentage story has changed as evidence improved. It was historically described as a Mulgoba seedling; later assessments favour Brooks. The family name and Florida selection are the clear parts of the record. The late fruit itself explains why so many growers wanted to carry the tree forward." ], "names": [ { "name": "Keitt", "note": "The surname attached to the Homestead selection." }, { "name": "Late season green", "note": "A descriptive phrase, not a separate local cultivar name." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Tropical Acres Farms — Keitt", "url": "https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/keitt" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Late season green", "Keitt" ], "tastingProfileId": "keitt", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/keitt", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/keitt.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "osteen", "slug": "osteen", "name": "Osteen", "title": "From Merritt Island to Málaga", "description": "Spain’s familiar purple mango began with a Florida family tree.", "place": "Merritt Island, Florida → southern Spain", "associatedPlace": "Spain", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Spain", "United States" ], "status": "documented", "statusLabel": "Documented history", "statusDescription": "A history described with documentary sources; consult the prose and citations for the scope and uncertainty of each claim.", "paragraphs": [ "A seed planted on S. 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Its family line ran through Sophie Frey to the Caribbean Julie. Instead of remaining an anonymous support for a graft, this seedling became worth growing for its own fruit.", "The family named it for Carrie Zill, Laurence Zill’s mother. It is a lovely reversal of the usual catalogue story: a fruit now admired by collectors began in practical nursery work and kept a mother’s name. Later selections, including Angie, continued that family of mangoes." ], "names": [ { "name": "Carrie", "note": "Named for Carrie Zill, Laurence Zill’s mother." }, { "name": "Sophie Frey / Sophia Frey", "note": "Names used for the seed parent, not aliases for Carrie." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Tropical Acres Farms — Carrie", "url": "https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/carrie" }, { "title": "Tropical Acres Farms — Angie", "url": "https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/angie" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Carrie Zill mango" ], "tastingProfileId": "carrie", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/carrie", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/carrie.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "corne", "slug": "corne", "name": "Corne", "title": "One name, more than one local mango", "description": "Haitian names keep local distinctions that a distant catalogue can miss.", "place": "Haiti; also maintained in South Florida collections", "associatedPlace": "Haiti", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Haiti" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "Corne is a Haitian mango name, but the record contains a useful warning against flattening local knowledge. Tropical Acres Farms reports that the fruit it grows as Corne is called Jean Marie in parts of Haiti, while northern Haiti has a differently shaped mango also called Corne.", "The grower’s observation gives this entry its story: names can travel farther than the knowledge needed to identify them. We retain both names with that qualification. 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The seedling was growing on a housing-project property owned by a friend. Its origin had not been recorded, but its fruit caught the grower’s attention.", "Mitchell named it and obtained a plant patent in 1990. Later assessments suggest Kent parentage. The exact seed remains uncertain; the act of noticing does not. This mango’s history is a reminder that valuable fruit can begin outside a formal research orchard." ], "names": [ { "name": "Gold Nugget", "note": "Name given to Edward Mitchell’s selection." }, { "name": "Florida Gold Nugget", "note": "An origin descriptor, not an additional variety." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Tropical Acres Farms — Gold Nugget", "url": "https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/gold-nugget" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Florida Gold Nugget" ], "tastingProfileId": "gold-nugget", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/gold-nugget", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/gold-nugget.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "hong-sa", "slug": "hong-sa", "name": "Hong Sa", "title": "A mango with a green-fruit life", "description": "Hong Sa belongs to the Thai tradition of enjoying mango before it turns soft.", "place": "Thailand", "associatedPlace": "Thailand", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Thailand" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "Grower records identify Hong Sa as a Thai mango commonly eaten green. That makes its cultural setting more specific than a generic dessert-fruit label: the desirable moment can be the crisp stage, before the familiar ripe-mango softness.", "Tropical Acres Farms records receiving its tree in 2018 and its first fruit in 2021, a small documented chapter in the variety’s travel to Florida. The source does not establish a breeder, original village or secure translation of Hong Sa. 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Growers outside Brazil report variation in the material they encounter, so we do not claim every tree sold as Itamaracá is an identical clone. The original selector is not established here; the island connection is." ], "names": [ { "name": "Itamaracá / Itamaraca", "note": "Portuguese name, often written without the accent in English catalogues." }, { "name": "Brazilian Itamaracá", "note": "A geographical description, not another cultivar." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Embrapa — A Cultura da Mangueira: principal varieties", "url": "https://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/bitstream/doc/134401/1/PrincipaisVariedades.pdf" }, { "title": "Tropical Acres Farms — Itamaraca", "url": "https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/itamaraca" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Brazilian Itamaracá" ], "tastingProfileId": "itamaraca", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/itamaraca", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/itamaraca.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "maha-chanok", "slug": "maha-chanok", "name": "Maha Chanok", "title": "The orchard discovery that received a royal name", "description": "At Tiew Thong orchard, a new mango became Mahachanok.", "place": "Tiew Thong orchard, Li district, Lamphun, Thailand", "associatedPlace": "Thailand", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Thailand" ], "status": "documented", "statusLabel": "Documented history", "statusDescription": "A history described with documentary sources; consult the prose and citations for the scope and uncertainty of each claim.", "paragraphs": [ "Thai agricultural records place the original seedling at Tiew Thong orchard in Lamphun. Its parents are recorded as Nang Klang Wan and Sunset. A Royal Forest Department account credits Dech Thiewthong with discovering the new mango and records King Bhumibol Adulyadej bestowing the name Mahachanok.", "That local record is more specific than the broad “Chiang Mai” origin often repeated abroad. International sellers also call it Rainbow mango for its coloured skin. We preserve the royal naming account while leaving aside conflicting dates in retellings; the orchard and the name are the reliable centre of the story." ], "names": [ { "name": "มหาชนก / Mahachanok / Maha Chanok", "note": "Thai name and common romanizations." }, { "name": "Rainbow mango", "note": "English market nickname; it does not identify every multicoloured mango." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Thailand Horticulture Research Institute — mango cultivar database", "url": "https://www.doa.go.th/hort/?page_id=52837" }, { "title": "Royal Forest Department — Wang Nam Li / Tiew Thong orchard account", "url": "https://plant.forest.go.th/plant-knowledge/1/21.pdf" }, { "title": "Good Fruit Guide — Maha Chanok", "url": "https://goodfruitguide.co.uk/product/maha-chanok/" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Mahachanok · Rainbow mango" ], "tastingProfileId": "maha-chanok", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/maha-chanok", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/maha-chanok.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "maya", "slug": "maya", "name": "Maya", "title": "A wife’s name in the research orchard", "description": "Hanan Oppenheimer named his promising Israeli seedling for Maya.", "place": "Rehovot, Israel", "associatedPlace": "Israel", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Israel" ], "status": "documented", "statusLabel": "Documented history", "statusDescription": "A history described with documentary sources; consult the prose and citations for the scope and uncertainty of each claim.", "paragraphs": [ "On a visit to Rehovot, horticulturist Wilson Popenoe saw a local mango seedling that impressed him. His 1959 account records that Hanan Oppenheimer had named it Maya in honour of his wife. A personal dedication had become part of the research orchard.", "Popenoe considered Haden a likely pollen parent, a useful reminder that even an eyewitness account can leave the pedigree uncertain. Later Israeli agricultural records describe Maya as an established local cultivar. Its first story is wonderfully direct: a horticulturist found a mango worth keeping and gave it the name of someone he loved." ], "names": [ { "name": "Maya", "note": "Named by Hanan Oppenheimer for his wife Maya." }, { "name": "Queen Maya", "note": "A market description used by Israeli exporter Miriam Shoham." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Wilson Popenoe — Avocados in Spain and Elsewhere, 1959 eyewitness account", "url": "https://www.avocadosource.com/CAS_Yearbooks/CAS_43_1959/CAS_1959_PG_55-66.pdf" }, { "title": "Miriam Shoham — Maya cultivar history", "url": "https://www.mshoham.com/mangosvarieties" }, { "title": "Volcani Center — new Israeli mango cultivars", "url": "https://www.agri.gov.il/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Set-of-elite-New-Israeli-Mango-Cultivars-AgroIsrael-10-16.pdf" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Maya mango" ], "tastingProfileId": "maya", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/maya", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/maya.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "okrung", "slug": "okrung", "name": "Okrung", "title": "The old companion to sticky rice", "description": "Ok Rong’s story is kept as much in kitchens as in orchards.", "place": "Thailand", "associatedPlace": "Thailand", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Thailand" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "Ok Rong is one of the mangoes traditionally paired with coconut sticky rice. Thai restaurant accounts translate its name through the fruit’s cleft shape. The words keep an everyday observation alive, rather than naming a king, breeder or town.", "English records spell it Okrung, Okrong, Ok Rong and Oc-rong. Thai research also distinguishes multiple Ok Rong selections, so the broad name should not erase those differences. A single first tree is not established in the sources here; the enduring place at the dessert table is." ], "names": [ { "name": "Okrung / Okrong / Ok Rong", "note": "Romanizations used in grower and culinary records." }, { "name": "Oc-rong", "note": "Spelling used by Thailand’s Department of Agricultural Extension." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Le Cafe Siam — mango and sticky rice", "url": "https://www.lecafesiam.com/blog/mango-amp-sticky-rice" }, { "title": "Thailand Department of Agricultural Extension — mango varieties", "url": "https://www.doae.go.th/en/mango-2/" }, { "title": "Thailand Department of Agriculture — mango breeding research", "url": "https://info.doa.go.th/research/pdf/2564/112_2564.pdf" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Ok Rong" ], "tastingProfileId": "okrung", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/okrung", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/okrung.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "philippine", "slug": "philippine", "name": "Philippine", "title": "A country name that needs a little care", "description": "“Philippine” can be an origin, a collection label or another name for Carabao.", "place": "Philippines; international living collections", "associatedPlace": "Philippines", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Philippines" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "Philippine is recorded as a named mango in living collections, while genetic research also uses “Carabao (Philippine).” Those overlapping labels are part of the fruit’s travel through nurseries and research stations.", "This guide retains its Philippine entry because that is the label in the catalogue, but the available evidence does not establish it as a cultivar distinct from Carabao. There is no separate founder story to invent. Asking which collection or mother tree supplied the fruit is the next step toward resolving the name." ], "names": [ { "name": "Philippine", "note": "A collection and market label; not proof of a separate cultivar." }, { "name": "Carabao (Philippine)", "note": "Combined label used in published genetic research; see the Carabao story." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Rare Fruit and Vegetable Council of Broward County — living collection map", "url": "https://www.rfvcbroward.org/plot-map" }, { "title": "Viruel and colleagues — mango genetic diversity and pedigree analysis", "url": "https://scispace.com/pdf/mango-genetic-diversity-analysis-and-pedigree-inferences-for-45vxa94cga.pdf" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Philippine mango" ], "tastingProfileId": "philippine", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/philippine", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/philippine.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "pickering", "slug": "pickering", "name": "Pickering", "title": "A mango named for a loyal customer", "description": "Walter Zill turned a chance seedling into a thank-you that kept growing.", "place": "Boynton Beach, Florida, United States", "associatedPlace": "Florida", "associatedCountryNames": [ "United States" ], "status": "documented", "statusLabel": "Documented history", "statusDescription": "A history described with documentary sources; consult the prose and citations for the scope and uncertainty of each claim.", "paragraphs": [ "Walter Zill selected Pickering from a chance seedling in Boynton Beach during the 1980s. He named it for Wayne Pickering, a longtime customer. The name carries a nursery relationship into every garden where the tree is planted.", "Its compact habit later earned it the informal description “condo mango,” bringing it into small spaces and containers. Carrie and Irwin have been suggested as its parents, but that remains speculation. The remembered customer is a firmer part of the story than the proposed family tree." ], "names": [ { "name": "Pickering", "note": "Honours Walter Zill’s customer Wayne Pickering." }, { "name": "Condo mango", "note": "A growing-habit description used for several compact varieties, not a unique synonym." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Tropical Acres Farms — Pickering", "url": "https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/pickering" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Condo mango" ], "tastingProfileId": "pickering", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/pickering", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/pickering.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "pink-elephant", "slug": "pink-elephant", "name": "Pink Elephant", "title": "A Mekong favourite gets an English stage name", "description": "The export name is new enough that its introduction can be followed.", "place": "Mekong Delta, Vietnam", "associatedPlace": "Vietnam", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Vietnam" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "In April 2024, importer Melissa’s announced Pink Elephant to the American produce trade after presenting it at the Viva Fresh show. Its account says the fruit was found by its sourcing team in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, where it was already a local favourite.", "That is a documented export chapter, not proof that the mango originated in 2024. “Pink Elephant” describes the striking colour and large size in English. The importer’s account does not establish the original Vietnamese cultivar name, breeder or first tree, so we keep the trade name separate from claims of an ancient pedigree." ], "names": [ { "name": "Pink Elephant", "note": "English export name documented by Melissa’s in 2024." }, { "name": "Vietnamese giant mango", "note": "A descriptive phrase, not a verified botanical synonym." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Melissa’s Produce — Pink Elephant introduction, April 2024", "url": "https://www.melissas.com/pages/melissas-wows-with-stunning-new-fruit-the-pink-elephant-mango" }, { "title": "Melissa’s Produce — Pink Elephant product record", "url": "https://www.melissas.com/collections/lux-items/products/pink-elephant-mango" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Vietnamese giant mango" ], "tastingProfileId": "pink-elephant", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/pink-elephant", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/pink-elephant.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "st-maui", "slug": "st-maui", "name": "ST Maui", "title": "Two initials, an ocean crossing", "description": "A Hawaiian trial selection found another life in Florida collections.", "place": "Hawaii → Miami-Dade County, Florida", "associatedPlace": "Hawaii", "associatedCountryNames": [ "United States" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "Tropical Acres’ grower account traces ST Maui through the University of Hawaii’s evaluation programme under the label S-T. Richard Hamilton sent it to Richard Campbell in Florida, where it entered mango collections despite not receiving a Hawaiian recommendation.", "The account says the letters are someone’s initials, rather than an abbreviation for “Saint,” but does not identify the person. Proposed Piri ancestry is also speculative. This is a story with a documented route and an unfinished name: two researchers passed a tree onward, while part of its label still needs recovering." ], "names": [ { "name": "ST Maui / S-T", "note": "A selection label reported from Hawaiian evaluation records." }, { "name": "St. Maui", "note": "A catalogue spelling; “Saint Maui” is not an established explanation." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Tropical Acres Farms — ST Maui", "url": "https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/st-maui" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Maui mango" ], "tastingProfileId": "st-maui", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/st-maui", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/st-maui.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "sugarloaf", "slug": "sugarloaf", "name": "Sugarloaf", "title": "E-4 found a sweeter name", "description": "A numbered Florida seedling was named after the pineapple it brought to mind.", "place": "Boynton Beach, Florida, United States", "associatedPlace": "Florida", "associatedCountryNames": [ "United States" ], "status": "documented", "statusLabel": "Documented history", "statusDescription": "A history described with documentary sources; consult the prose and citations for the scope and uncertainty of each claim.", "paragraphs": [ "Sugarloaf began as E-4 in Gary Zill’s breeding programme, a seedling of Edward. For years, collectors knew the orchard number. Tropical Acres records that in 2018 Zill gave it the name Sugarloaf, referring to Sugar Loaf pineapple.", "The name is a tasting association, not an ingredient or a cross between mango and pineapple. Its possible pollen parents remain uncertain. E-4 and Sugarloaf preserve two stages of one fruit’s history: the breeder’s trial tree and the memorable name that helped it travel." ], "names": [ { "name": "Sugarloaf / Sugar Loaf", "note": "Named with reference to Sugar Loaf pineapple." }, { "name": "E-4 / Zill E-4", "note": "Original planting designation." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Tropical Acres Farms — Sugarloaf / Zill E-4", "url": "https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/sugarloaf-zill-e-4" } ], "searchTerms": [ "E-4 mango" ], "tastingProfileId": "sugarloaf", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/sugarloaf", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/sugarloaf.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "sweet-tart", "slug": "sweet-tart", "name": "Sweet Tart", "title": "From C-1 to a name you can taste", "description": "Gary Zill’s numbered seedling acquired a name for its lively balance.", "place": "Boynton Beach, Florida, United States", "associatedPlace": "Florida", "associatedCountryNames": [ "United States" ], "status": "documented", "statusLabel": "Documented history", "statusDescription": "A history described with documentary sources; consult the prose and citations for the scope and uncertainty of each claim.", "paragraphs": [ "Sweet Tart was planting C-1 in Gary Zill’s Boynton Beach breeding programme. Its recorded seed parent was Zill Indochinese, often shortened to Zinc. Those plain orchard labels preserve the work behind a name that now sounds like a sweet-shop invention.", "The name describes the strong sweet-and-acid contrast growers report in the fruit. It tells the eater what made the selection memorable, while C-1 tells the grower where it began. The available record does not supply a separate person or historic event behind the naming." ], "names": [ { "name": "Sweet Tart", "note": "The named selection, with a descriptive flavour name." }, { "name": "C-1", "note": "Original planting number." }, { "name": "Zinc", "note": "Short name for seed parent Zill Indochinese, not an alias for Sweet Tart." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Tropical Acres Farms — Sweet Tart", "url": "https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/sweet-tart" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Zill Sweet Tart" ], "tastingProfileId": "sweet-tart", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/sweet-tart", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/sweet-tart.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "tete-nene", "slug": "tete-nene", "name": "Tete Nene", "title": "The “Hawaiian” mango from Puerto Rico", "description": "A travelling nursery name almost hides the place this little tree came from.", "place": "Puerto Rico", "associatedPlace": "Puerto Rico", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Puerto Rico" ], "status": "documented", "statusLabel": "Documented history", "statusDescription": "A history described with documentary sources; consult the prose and citations for the scope and uncertainty of each claim.", "paragraphs": [ "Tete Nene is the Puerto Rican name recorded for the mango now frequently sold as Dwarf Hawaiian. The grower record is explicit about the mismatch: despite that later name, its origin is Puerto Rico.", "It is considered a likely Julie seedling, though that parentage remains tentative. Its compact growth helps explain “Dwarf,” but the route by which “Hawaiian” became attached is not established in the source. Keeping Tete Nene visible gives the fruit back its Puerto Rican name without inventing the missing part of the journey." ], "names": [ { "name": "Tete Nene", "note": "The Puerto Rican name recorded for this selection." }, { "name": "Dwarf Hawaiian", "note": "A nursery name that does not describe its documented origin." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Tropical Acres Farms — Dwarf Hawaiian / Tete Nene", "url": "https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/dwarf-hawaiian-tete-nene" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Puerto Rican Tete Nene" ], "tastingProfileId": "tete-nene", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/tete-nene", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/tete-nene.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "sindhri", "slug": "sindhri", "name": "Sindhri", "title": "A golden name from Sindh", "description": "Sindhri carries Sindh’s orchard identity into the first mango boxes of summer.", "place": "Mirpur Khas and other Sindh districts; also grown in Punjab, Pakistan", "associatedPlace": "Pakistan", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Pakistan" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "Pakistan’s cluster study places Sindhri at the centre of the mango-growing belt around Mirpur Khas. The connection with Sindh is well documented; the references used here do not establish one first tree or a verified act of naming.", "Grower descriptions on Pakistan’s trade portal record early fruit from Sindh followed by Punjab supplies. Sindhari is another English spelling you may see on a box. A country association can describe where a cultivar is loved and grown without settling every detail of its earliest history." ], "names": [ { "name": "Sindhri / Sindhari", "note": "Spellings used in Pakistani trade and agricultural references." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Planning Commission / CABI: Mango Cluster Study (2020), Table 3", "url": "https://www.pc.gov.pk/uploads/report/Mango_Cluster_Report.pdf" }, { "title": "Pakistan Trade Portal: Sindhri grower/exporter description", "url": "https://www.pakistantradeportal.gov.pk/product/fresh-sindhari-mango-3302" }, { "title": "Mango Research Institute, Multan: varieties and harvest windows", "url": "https://agripunjab.gov.pk/aari-cvmango" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Sindhari", "Sindhri", "Sindhari" ], "tastingProfileId": "sindhri", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/sindhri", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/sindhri.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "anwar-ratol", "slug": "anwar-ratol", "name": "Anwar Ratol", "title": "A small fruit with a celebrated name", "description": "Anwar Ratol belongs to Pakistan’s orchard culture and a wider subcontinental naming history.", "place": "Punjab and Sindh, Pakistan; the Ratol name also belongs to India", "associatedPlace": "Pakistan", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Pakistan" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "Pakistani agricultural records preserve several English spellings: Anwar Ratol, Anwar Retual and Rataul (Anwar). Research on fruit from around Multan confirms the compact cultivar’s strong flavour appeal. Its placement in our Pakistan guide describes that country’s cultivation and affection for it.", "Gautam and colleagues’ 2019 horticultural paper traces Ratol to Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, and connects Anwar with landholder Anwar ul Haq. We preserve that attributed account without claiming independently verified first-tree history. Punjab’s institute lists the later Ratol No. 12 separately, so that selection is not an interchangeable alias here." ], "names": [ { "name": "Anwar Ratol / Anwar Rataul / Anwar Retual / Anwar Ratual", "note": "English spelling variants used in agricultural and trade records." }, { "name": "Ratol No. 12", "note": "A separately listed late selection, not a synonym for this profile." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Mango Research Institute, Multan: varieties and harvest windows", "url": "https://agripunjab.gov.pk/aari-cvmango" }, { "title": "Naz et al.: sensory profiling of Multan mango cultivars (2014)", "url": "https://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/46%281%29/21.pdf" }, { "title": "Planning Commission / CABI: Mango Cluster Study (2020), Table 3", "url": "https://www.pc.gov.pk/uploads/report/Mango_Cluster_Report.pdf" }, { "title": "Gautam et al.: commercial mango cultivars, with special reference to Ratol (2019)", "url": "https://www.phytojournal.com/archives/2019/vol8issue1/PartS/8-1-61-595.pdf" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Anwar Rataul · Anwar Retual · Anwar Ratual", "Anwar Ratol", "Anwar Rataul", "Anwar Retual", "Anwar Ratual", "Rataul (Anwar)" ], "tastingProfileId": "anwar-ratol", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/anwar-ratol", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/anwar-ratol.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "fajri", "slug": "fajri", "name": "Fajri", "title": "Room for a larger mango", "description": "Fajri adds a generous late-season fruit to Pakistan’s mango table.", "place": "Pakistan’s mango-growing regions", "associatedPlace": "Pakistan", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Pakistan" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "Pakistan’s official cluster report records Fajri Kalan among the country’s main mango varieties. A study of eight cultivars around Multan found Fajri the largest fruit in that sample. These sources establish the cultivar’s place in Pakistani orchards; they do not verify a founder or a naming event.", "Harvest references differ between exporters and the Punjab research calendar. The season shown in the profile allows for that variation. We preserve Fajri Kalan as a recorded name and keep it separate from the Fazli entry in the Bengal research collection." ], "names": [ { "name": "Fajri / Fajri Kalan", "note": "Names used in the Pakistani study and official cluster report; not merged with Fazli." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "Planning Commission / CABI: Mango Cluster Study (2020), Table 3", "url": "https://www.pc.gov.pk/uploads/report/Mango_Cluster_Report.pdf" }, { "title": "Naz et al.: sensory profiling of Multan mango cultivars (2014)", "url": "https://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/46%281%29/21.pdf" }, { "title": "Mango Research Institute, Multan: varieties and harvest windows", "url": "https://agripunjab.gov.pk/aari-cvmango" }, { "title": "SAPNA grower/exporter brochure: cultivar supply windows", "url": "https://agro.tdap.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sapna-Companys-brochure-.pdf" }, { "title": "JMB Group: mango cultivar descriptions", "url": "https://jmbgroup.co/mangoes/" } ], "searchTerms": [ "Fajri Kalan", "Fajri", "Fajri Kalan" ], "tastingProfileId": "fajri", "url": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/fajri", "markdownUrl": "https://mangoranking.com/stories/fajri.md", "illustration": null }, { "id": "regional-pakistan-saroli", "slug": "regional-pakistan-saroli", "name": "Saroli", "title": "Saroli earns a place on the map", "description": "An official cultivar list makes room for a name beyond the most exported favourites.", "place": "Pakistan", "associatedPlace": "Pakistan", "associatedCountryNames": [ "Pakistan" ], "status": "name-record", "statusLabel": "A name on the map", "statusDescription": "A documented name or association; not proof of botanical origin or genetic identity.", "paragraphs": [ "Saroli appears in Pakistan’s mango-sector brochure and national cluster report. That is enough to retain a sourced name in this guide. 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