Machine-readable companion to the public website. Personal browser passport information is not included.

Canonical human page: [A field guide for agents.](https://mangoranking.com/for-agents).

Description: Read the mango tasting guide through canonical pages, Markdown and JSON, with context for flavour notes, local names and sources.

Search indexing: this Markdown companion is noindex; use the canonical human page when citing this resource.

# A field guide for agents.

Mango Rankings helps people find mangoes they will enjoy, with flavour, texture, serving and ripeness notes. Names, history and sources are available inside each guide. Public data also preserves the wider research collection.

## Start with the public collection.

The current collection contains 58 mango profiles, 116 public regional name records, and 162 stories and name histories. These collections overlap: their totals are not counts of genetically distinct cultivars.

Despite the site’s name, Mango Rankings does not publish numerical quality rankings, scores or a best-to-worst order. Alphabetical browsing is a way to find a name; it does not establish a rank.

- [Agent reading map](https://mangoranking.com/llms.txt) — A concise introduction and links to public resources.

- [Public data catalog](https://mangoranking.com/data/catalog.json) — An index of the eight JSON collections, with counts and interpretation notes.

## Choose a reading format.

Public pages have Markdown companions: the homepage is /index.md, and other page paths append .md. JSON resources offer the same public records in collections. These are read-only resources; they do not accept submissions or perform actions.

Use a record’s canonical page when citing this guide. Follow the source links attached to profiles, country notes and stories when a factual or historical claim needs its underlying evidence. Preserve uncertainty and attribution when summarising.

- [Mango profiles · JSON](https://mangoranking.com/data/mangoes.json) — Editorial tasting, serving and ripeness notes for individual mangoes.

- [Country directory · JSON](https://mangoranking.com/data/countries.json) — Country and territory pages, associations and coverage status.

- [Regional names · JSON](https://mangoranking.com/data/regional-names.json) — Named varieties, variety groups and local names with sources.

- [Stories · JSON](https://mangoranking.com/data/stories.json) — Origin stories and name histories with their evidence status and sources.

- [Homepage · Markdown](https://mangoranking.com/index.md) — A text introduction to the field guide.

- [Countries · Markdown](https://mangoranking.com/countries.md) — Browse the country directory in text.

- [Stories · Markdown](https://mangoranking.com/stories.md) — Browse stories and name records in text.

- [Alphonso · Markdown](https://mangoranking.com/mango/alphonso.md) — An example of an individual mango profile.

## Keep tasting notes in context.

Flavour words are subjective editorial associations. Apricot, coconut or honey in a tasting note does not mean those ingredients were added, or that laboratory analysis found them. Ripeness, handling and growing conditions change the experience.

A season on a mango profile belongs to that guide’s associated place. Harvest dates vary by geography and weather; imported availability has its own timing. These notes are not real-time stock, prices or a national harvest calendar.

- [Browse mangoes](https://mangoranking.com/explore.md) — Find flavours, textures and ways to enjoy the fruit.

- [Compare mangoes](https://mangoranking.com/compare.md) — Compare flavour, texture, serving and ripeness notes side by side.

## Read place and name associations carefully.

The directory covers 195 countries: 193 United Nations members and the two observer states. Puerto Rico is included separately as a territory with existing content. This is a browsing scope, not a claim of complete research or mango production in every place.

Country coverage currently includes 6 curated guides, 26 pages with initial profiles or name records, and 164 pages still being researched. The values are “guide”, “names” and “researching”. An unfinished page does not establish that mangoes are absent or unavailable there.

An associated country can be a growing home, a historical connection or a community that preserves a name. It does not automatically establish botanical origin. A local name, shared alias or variety group is not proof of a genetically unique variety or of identical cultivars across places.

- [Country directory](https://mangoranking.com/countries.md) — Open each country page for the context behind its associations.

## Carry the evidence with the story.

“documented” means the cited sources document the history described; it is displayed as “Documented history”. “tradition” is displayed as “Local tradition” and identifies a remembered or retrospective account. “name-record” is displayed as “A name on the map”: sources record the name, place or use while the earliest history remains uncertain.

Retain these distinctions in answers. Do not turn an attributed tradition or an uncertain name record into a settled account of a mango’s first tree. Sources accompany every story. Imagined illustrations are labelled on their pages and are not archival evidence.

- [Stories and local names](https://mangoranking.com/stories.md) — Read the narratives, evidence labels and linked references together.

## A passport belongs to its reader.

The mango passport stores a reader’s saved mangoes, tasted choices and saved countries locally on their device using JavaScript. Those choices are personal browser state, not public catalog data. The public passport page and its reading formats explain the feature; they cannot reveal a reader’s saved list.

- [My mango passport](https://mangoranking.com/passport.md) — A personal list saved on this device.