Machine-readable companion to the public website. Personal browser passport information is not included. Canonical human page: [Carabao mango — Taste & ripeness \| Mango Rankings](https://mangoranking.com/mango/carabao). Description: Bright, citrusy, and compact enough to become an accidental three-mango lunch. Search indexing: this Markdown companion is noindex; use the canonical human page when citing this resource. [Mangoes](https://mangoranking.com/explore.md) # Carabao Bright, citrusy, and compact enough to become an accidental three-mango lunch. ![A basket of green Carabao mangoes with a yellow fruit labelled Carabao on top](https://mangoranking.com/fruit/photos/carabao-photo-v1.jpg) Carabao mangoes at the Tropical Agricultural Fiesta, Fruit and Spice Park, Florida. A yellow labelled fruit sits above green examples. Carabao FS Asit.JPG — Asit K. Ghosh Thaumaturgist. [Photograph source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carabao_FS_Asit.JPG) · [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0). Resized for display; complete frame retained. No generative edits. ## How it tastes juicy · Low fibre **Texture** juicy **Fibre** Low fibre **Eating styles** Get sticky **Harvest** [See regional calendars](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md) ## How to enjoy it Carabao is closely associated with the Philippines. Ripe cheeks are an easy introduction to its sweetness; the balance is particularly good when a little acidity remains. Open over a bowl to catch the juice. Scoop the ripe flesh; strain blended pulp if you prefer less fibre. ## When it is ripe Yellow skin and a floral scent mean go time. Flavour notes are subjective. Ripeness, handling and growing conditions change the fruit. [Compare this mango](https://mangoranking.com/compare.md?mango=carabao) · [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. **Carabao** Philippine cultivar name; several strains are documented. - [WIPO — Ramon Barba, the scientist and the mangoes](https://www.wipo.int/en/web/wipo-magazine/articles/the-scientist-the-patent-and-the-mangoes-tripling-the-mango-yield-in-the-philippines-36230) - [NAST Philippines — characterization of Carabao strains](https://nast.dost.gov.ph/images/pdf%20files/Publications/NAST%20Transactions/NAST%202006%20Transactions%20Volume%2028%20Issue%20No.%201/Agricultural%20Sciences.pdf) - [International Tropical Fruits Network — common mango varieties](https://www.itfnet.org/v1/2016/05/mango-common-varieties/) **Philippine mango** A common broader label that may refer to Carabao; it is not proof of a distinct cultivar. - [WIPO — Ramon Barba, the scientist and the mangoes](https://www.wipo.int/en/web/wipo-magazine/articles/the-scientist-the-patent-and-the-mangoes-tripling-the-mango-yield-in-the-philippines-36230) - [NAST Philippines — characterization of Carabao strains](https://nast.dost.gov.ph/images/pdf%20files/Publications/NAST%20Transactions/NAST%202006%20Transactions%20Volume%2028%20Issue%20No.%201/Agricultural%20Sciences.pdf) - [International Tropical Fruits Network — common mango varieties](https://www.itfnet.org/v1/2016/05/mango-common-varieties/) **Manila** Used in some international references; other countries also have separately named Manila selections. - [WIPO — Ramon Barba, the scientist and the mangoes](https://www.wipo.int/en/web/wipo-magazine/articles/the-scientist-the-patent-and-the-mangoes-tripling-the-mango-yield-in-the-philippines-36230) - [NAST Philippines — characterization of Carabao strains](https://nast.dost.gov.ph/images/pdf%20files/Publications/NAST%20Transactions/NAST%202006%20Transactions%20Volume%2028%20Issue%20No.%201/Agricultural%20Sciences.pdf) - [International Tropical Fruits Network — common mango varieties](https://www.itfnet.org/v1/2016/05/mango-common-varieties/) ## The scientist who changed mango season Documented history: consult the claims and qualifications in the cited sources. Carabao is a Philippine cultivar with several recorded strains, shaped by generations of growers. Its modern story includes horticulturist Ramon Barba, who asked why such a loved fruit had to arrive so erratically. Farmers had used smoke to encourage flowering; he investigated a more practical approach. Barba’s potassium-nitrate work helped growers induce flowering and transformed Philippine mango production. He did not create Carabao: his achievement changed the possibilities for an existing fruit and the people who grew, packed and sold it. The research history belongs beside the older, less fully documented history of the cultivar itself. [Read the full story](https://mangoranking.com/stories/carabao.md) - [WIPO — Ramon Barba, the scientist and the mangoes](https://www.wipo.int/en/web/wipo-magazine/articles/the-scientist-the-patent-and-the-mangoes-tripling-the-mango-yield-in-the-philippines-36230) - [NAST Philippines — characterization of Carabao strains](https://nast.dost.gov.ph/images/pdf%20files/Publications/NAST%20Transactions/NAST%202006%20Transactions%20Volume%2028%20Issue%20No.%201/Agricultural%20Sciences.pdf) - [International Tropical Fruits Network — common mango varieties](https://www.itfnet.org/v1/2016/05/mango-common-varieties/) ## Places in this record Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin. - **Philippines** Catalogue association Associated place in the tasting catalogue; this does not establish botanical origin. - **Philippines** A place in the story Setting of “The scientist who changed mango season”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications. - [WIPO — Ramon Barba, the scientist and the mangoes](https://www.wipo.int/en/web/wipo-magazine/articles/the-scientist-the-patent-and-the-mangoes-tripling-the-mango-yield-in-the-philippines-36230) - [NAST Philippines — characterization of Carabao strains](https://nast.dost.gov.ph/images/pdf%20files/Publications/NAST%20Transactions/NAST%202006%20Transactions%20Volume%2028%20Issue%20No.%201/Agricultural%20Sciences.pdf) - [International Tropical Fruits Network — common mango varieties](https://www.itfnet.org/v1/2016/05/mango-common-varieties/) [Harvest calendars by growing place](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md). These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season. ## Sources - [WIPO — Ramon Barba, the scientist and the mangoes](https://www.wipo.int/en/web/wipo-magazine/articles/the-scientist-the-patent-and-the-mangoes-tripling-the-mango-yield-in-the-philippines-36230) - [NAST Philippines — characterization of Carabao strains](https://nast.dost.gov.ph/images/pdf%20files/Publications/NAST%20Transactions/NAST%202006%20Transactions%20Volume%2028%20Issue%20No.%201/Agricultural%20Sciences.pdf) - [International Tropical Fruits Network — common mango varieties](https://www.itfnet.org/v1/2016/05/mango-common-varieties/) [Back to mangoes](https://mangoranking.com/explore.md)