Mangoes

Ambika

A deep-red Indian hybrid with firm flesh and a poised sweet-acid balance.

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How it tastes

firm · Low fibre

Texture
firm
Fibre
Low fibre
Eating styles
Slice & eat
Harvest
See regional calendars

How to enjoy it

Ambika is an Indian hybrid with firm flesh and a sweet-acid balance. Its red colouring is attractive, but a gentle give and fragrance are better eating cues than colour alone.

Cut the cheeks away from the flat stone, then slice or cube. Use the ripeness notes below to choose the right stage.

When it is ripe

Wait for the red skin to deepen and the shoulders to give slightly.

Flavour notes are subjective. Ripeness, handling and growing conditions change the fruit.

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Names, history & sources

Recorded names

A shared name does not by itself establish an identical cultivar. Place, language and source matter.

Ambika
Ambika / CISH-Ambika

The released hybrid name; CISH identifies the breeding institute.

A new generation from familiar parents

Documented history: consult the claims and qualifications in the cited sources.

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.

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Places in this record

Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin.

  • India

    Catalogue association

    Associated place in the tasting catalogue; this does not establish botanical origin.

  • ICAR–CISH, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

    A place in the story

    Setting of “A new generation from familiar parents”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.

Harvest calendars by growing place. These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season.

Sources

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