Amélie
Bright acidity, juicy flesh, and a fragrant early-season snap.
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How it tastes
juicy · Some fibre
- Texture
- juicy
- Fibre
- Some fibre
- Eating styles
- Get sticky
- Harvest
- See regional calendars
How to enjoy it
Amélie brings a bright sweet-sour balance to the West African mango season. A little acidity is part of the appeal, especially in a cold glass of fresh pulp and water.
Open over a bowl to catch the juice. Scoop the ripe flesh; strain blended pulp if you prefer less fibre.
When it is ripe
Choose fruit turning from green to yellow with a clear fruity scent.
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.
- Amélie
Name used in the West African horticultural record.
- Amélie de Guinée / Governor
Names encountered in trade; verify local identity rather than assume every use denotes the same clone.
- Governor
Existing catalogue label. It may be an alternate name, translation or market nickname; it is not an assertion of genetic identity.
- Amélie de Guinée
Existing catalogue label. It may be an alternate name, translation or market nickname; it is not an assertion of genetic identity.
One tree, many West African orchards
Documented history: consult the claims and qualifications in the cited sources.
CIRAD’s historical study traces an important chapter to an Amélie tree introduced into Mali around 1890. Grafts from it helped establish trees across neighbouring countries. This is a regional story told through propagation: a branch from a good tree could begin another orchard.
Amélie later became important in the early mango exports of Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire. Burkina Faso is therefore one meaningful home for the fruit, rather than a proven botanical birthplace. The research documents its spread more securely than the origin of the personal-sounding name.
Read the full storyPlaces in this record
Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin.
- Burkina Faso
Catalogue association
Associated place in the tasting catalogue; this does not establish botanical origin.
- Mali and neighbouring West African countries
A place in the story
Setting of “One tree, many West African orchards”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.
- Mali
A recorded historical connection
Place associated in the cited history; this is not a claim of botanical origin.
- Côte d’Ivoire
A recorded historical connection
Place associated in the cited history; this is not a claim of botanical origin.
Harvest calendars by growing place. These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season.