Machine-readable companion to the public website. Personal browser passport information is not included. Canonical human page: [Appemidi mango — Taste & ripeness \| Mango Rankings](https://mangoranking.com/mango/appemidi). Description: Small, aromatic tender mango types from Karnataka, prized for whole-fruit pickling. Search indexing: this Markdown companion is noindex; use the canonical human page when citing this resource. [Mangoes](https://mangoranking.com/explore.md) # Appemidi Small, aromatic tender mango types from Karnataka, prized for whole-fruit pickling. ![A hand holding a bunch of small green Appemidi mangoes on their stems](https://mangoranking.com/fruit/photos/appemidi-photo-v1.jpg) One type of Appemidi: small mangoes held in a bunch, photographed by Vikashegde. APPEMIDI1.jpg — Vikashegde. [Photograph source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:APPEMIDI1.jpg) · [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). Resized for display; complete frame retained. No generative edits. ## How it tastes Sour · Aromatic · Resinous **Texture** firm **Fibre** Some fibre **Eating styles** Into the pickle jar **Harvest** [See regional calendars](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md) ## How to enjoy it Appemidi is a group of aromatic tender mango types from Karnataka’s Western Ghats. These small fruits are valued for pickling while still immature. Their story begins before the sweet, ripe stage: aroma, sourness and a tender stone are what the pickle maker is looking for. Choose tender fruit for a tested whole-mango pickle recipe. The preserving method, salt and keeping conditions are part of that recipe, not interchangeable finishing touches. ## When it is ripe For traditional pickle, choose tender immature green fruit; dessert ripeness is not the goal. The guide focuses on tender green Appemidi used for pickle, rather than ripe dessert fruit. ### Eating it green Picked tender and immature for whole-fruit pickle. This is its intended eating stage. Flavour notes are subjective. Ripeness, handling and growing conditions change the fruit. [Compare this mango](https://mangoranking.com/compare.md?mango=appemidi) · [Saved mangoes](https://mangoranking.com/passport.md) Names, history & sources ## Recorded names A shared name does not by itself establish an identical cultivar. Place, language and source matter. **Appemidi** A name covering diverse tender pickling mango types, rather than one uniform dessert cultivar. - [ICAR: Appemidi Mango Diversity Fair and custodian farmers (2023)](https://www.icar.gov.in/en/appemidi-mango-diversity-fair-2023-icar-indian-institute-horticultural-research-hesaraghatta) **Appe midi** A spaced spelling used for this Karnataka pickling tradition. - [ICAR: Appemidi Mango Diversity Fair and custodian farmers (2023)](https://www.icar.gov.in/en/appemidi-mango-diversity-fair-2023-icar-indian-institute-horticultural-research-hesaraghatta) **Tender pickle mango** Existing catalogue label. It may be an alternate name, translation or market nickname; it is not an assertion of genetic identity. ## The mango remembered by the pickle jar Documented history: consult the claims and qualifications in the cited sources. 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. [Read the full story](https://mangoranking.com/stories/appemidi.md) - [ICAR: Appemidi Mango Diversity Fair and custodian farmers (2023)](https://www.icar.gov.in/en/appemidi-mango-diversity-fair-2023-icar-indian-institute-horticultural-research-hesaraghatta) ## 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. - **Karnataka, especially its traditional Appemidi growing communities** A place in the story Setting of “The mango remembered by the pickle jar”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications. - [ICAR: Appemidi Mango Diversity Fair and custodian farmers (2023)](https://www.icar.gov.in/en/appemidi-mango-diversity-fair-2023-icar-indian-institute-horticultural-research-hesaraghatta) [Harvest calendars by growing place](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md). These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season. ## Sources - [ICAR: Appemidi Mango Diversity Fair and custodian farmers (2023)](https://www.icar.gov.in/en/appemidi-mango-diversity-fair-2023-icar-indian-institute-horticultural-research-hesaraghatta) - [Appemidi: variety reference](https://apeda.gov.in/sites/default/files/files_universal_page/2024-05/Mango_brochure.pdf) [Back to mangoes](https://mangoranking.com/explore.md)