Anwar Ratol

A compact mango celebrated in Pakistan for intense sweetness, rich aroma, and smooth, low-fibre flesh.

How it tastes

Very sweet · Aromatic · Smooth

Texture: buttery
Fibre: Low fibre
Eating styles: Bring a spoon
Harvest: See regional calendars

How to enjoy it

Anwar Ratol makes size a poor guide to flavour. In a study of mangoes grown around Multan, this compact fruit earned high marks for flavour and taste. Pakistan celebrates its sweetness and low-fibre flesh; its country association here describes that living orchard and food culture.

Cut the small cheeks beside the stone, then scoop the ripe flesh. Taste it plain before adding anything sweet.

When it is ripe

Let the small fruit become fragrant and gently yielding; yellow colour alone is not enough.

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.

Anwar Ratol

Pakistan

Anwar Rataul

Pakistan

Existing catalogue label. It may be an alternate name, translation or market nickname; it is not an assertion of genetic identity.

Anwar Retual

Pakistan

Existing catalogue label. It may be an alternate name, translation or market nickname; it is not an assertion of genetic identity.

Anwar Ratual

Pakistan

Existing catalogue label. It may be an alternate name, translation or market nickname; it is not an assertion of genetic identity.

Rataul (Anwar)

Pakistan

Anwar Ratol / Anwar Rataul / Anwar Retual / Anwar Ratual

English spelling variants used in agricultural and trade records.

Ratol No. 12

A separately listed late selection, not a synonym for this profile.

انوررٹول

Urdu · Pakistan

PHDEC prints the Urdu name without a space between Anwar and Ratol.

PHDEC: Mango cultivation in Pakistan (Urdu, 2023), p. 1

A small fruit with a celebrated name

Documented name: the history of the first tree remains unresolved.

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.

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Places in this record

Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin.

Pakistan
Catalogue association
Associated place in the tasting catalogue; this does not establish botanical origin.
Punjab and Sindh, Pakistan; the Ratol name also belongs to India
A place in the story
Setting of “A small fruit with a celebrated name”. 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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