Machine-readable companion to the public website. Personal browser passport information is not included. Canonical human page: [Chaunsa mango — Taste & ripeness \| Mango Rankings](https://mangoranking.com/mango/chaunsa). Description: Intensely sweet, aromatic, and so juicy the napkin is part of the recipe. Named Chaunsa selections have their own harvest windows. Search indexing: this Markdown companion is noindex; use the canonical human page when citing this resource. [Mangoes](https://mangoranking.com/explore.md) # Chaunsa Intensely sweet, aromatic, and so juicy the napkin is part of the recipe. Named Chaunsa selections have their own harvest windows. ![Five yellow Chaunsa mangoes in a round woven tray](https://mangoranking.com/fruit/photos/chaunsa-photo-v1.jpg) Chaunsa mangoes in a woven tray, identified by the source photographer. Attribution retains the original uploader and the current author field. Chaunsa.JPG — Khalid Mahmood / Jahanzaib Zai. [Photograph source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chaunsa.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 Honey · Fragrant · Very sweet **Texture** juicy **Fibre** Low fibre **Eating styles** Get sticky **Harvest** [See regional calendars](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md) ## How to enjoy it Chaunsa brings intense sweetness and a lingering perfume. This profile is an introduction to the familiar name: Samar Bahisht, White, Black and Azeem Chaunsa are named selections with different harvest windows. Ask which one is in the box. A knife can open the ripe fruit, but a bowl catches the best part. Let it soften, cut over a bowl, then scoop the flesh and collect every spoonful of juice. ## When it is ripe Follow a strong stem-end perfume and a gently yielding shoulder; colour varies by selection. Flavour notes are subjective. Ripeness, handling and growing conditions change the fruit. [Compare this mango](https://mangoranking.com/compare.md?mango=chaunsa) · [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. **Chaunsa** Pakistan - [Trade Development Authority of Pakistan: Mango sector (2025)](https://agro.tdap.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mango-Brochure.pdf) - [Mango Research Institute, Multan: varieties and harvest windows](https://agripunjab.gov.pk/aari-cvmango) - [Vriksh Foundation: Mango histories and the Chausa naming tradition](https://www.vriksh.org/mango) - [The Tribune: Pakistani Chaunsa and the name Sumer Bahist (2018)](https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/jammu-kashmir/pakistani-chaunsa-a-hit-with-mango-lovers-638519/) - [Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: Indian mango varieties](https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/govt_schemes_services/aas/mango.html) **Chounsa** Pakistan Existing catalogue label. It may be an alternate name, translation or market nickname; it is not an assertion of genetic identity. - [Trade Development Authority of Pakistan: Mango sector (2025)](https://agro.tdap.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mango-Brochure.pdf) - [Mango Research Institute, Multan: varieties and harvest windows](https://agripunjab.gov.pk/aari-cvmango) **Chausa** Pakistan Existing catalogue label. It may be an alternate name, translation or market nickname; it is not an assertion of genetic identity. - [Trade Development Authority of Pakistan: Mango sector (2025)](https://agro.tdap.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mango-Brochure.pdf) - [Mango Research Institute, Multan: varieties and harvest windows](https://agripunjab.gov.pk/aari-cvmango) **Chonsa** Pakistan - [Trade Development Authority of Pakistan: Mango sector (2025)](https://agro.tdap.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mango-Brochure.pdf) - [Mango Research Institute, Multan: varieties and harvest windows](https://agripunjab.gov.pk/aari-cvmango) **Chausa / Chaunsa** Spellings used in India and Pakistan for this celebrated mango family. - [Vriksh Foundation: Mango histories and the Chausa naming tradition](https://www.vriksh.org/mango) - [The Tribune: Pakistani Chaunsa and the name Sumer Bahist (2018)](https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/jammu-kashmir/pakistani-chaunsa-a-hit-with-mango-lovers-638519/) - [Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: Indian mango varieties](https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/govt_schemes_services/aas/mango.html) **Samarbehisht Chausa** Name used by TNAU for the Sandila seedling account. - [Vriksh Foundation: Mango histories and the Chausa naming tradition](https://www.vriksh.org/mango) - [The Tribune: Pakistani Chaunsa and the name Sumer Bahist (2018)](https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/jammu-kashmir/pakistani-chaunsa-a-hit-with-mango-lovers-638519/) - [Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: Indian mango varieties](https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/govt_schemes_services/aas/mango.html) **Sumer Bahist / Summer Bahist** Alternative forms encountered in reporting and trade; naming alone does not establish that every marketed strain is identical. - [Vriksh Foundation: Mango histories and the Chausa naming tradition](https://www.vriksh.org/mango) - [The Tribune: Pakistani Chaunsa and the name Sumer Bahist (2018)](https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/jammu-kashmir/pakistani-chaunsa-a-hit-with-mango-lovers-638519/) - [Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: Indian mango varieties](https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/govt_schemes_services/aas/mango.html) ## A battle in the telling, an orchard in the record Local tradition: an attributed account, with uncertainty preserved. One much-loved account says Sher Shah Suri named his favourite mango after his victory over Humayun at Chausa in 1539. It is a powerful name story, carried across India and Pakistan. We present the ruler’s act of naming as tradition, rather than a verified event in the life of a particular tree. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University gives a more specific horticultural account for Samarbehisht Chausa: a chance seedling in a landholder’s orchard at Sandila, in present-day Hardoi. These accounts should sit beside one another without pretending they say the same thing. Today the spelling Chaunsa is especially familiar in Pakistan, where the fruit has its own devoted following. [Read the full story](https://mangoranking.com/stories/chaunsa.md) - [Vriksh Foundation: Mango histories and the Chausa naming tradition](https://www.vriksh.org/mango) - [The Tribune: Pakistani Chaunsa and the name Sumer Bahist (2018)](https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/jammu-kashmir/pakistani-chaunsa-a-hit-with-mango-lovers-638519/) - [Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: Indian mango varieties](https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/govt_schemes_services/aas/mango.html) ## 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. - [Trade Development Authority of Pakistan: Mango sector (2025)](https://agro.tdap.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mango-Brochure.pdf) - [Mango Research Institute, Multan: varieties and harvest windows](https://agripunjab.gov.pk/aari-cvmango) - **Sandila, Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh; also celebrated in Pakistan’s Punjab** A place in the story Setting of “A battle in the telling, an orchard in the record”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications. - [Vriksh Foundation: Mango histories and the Chausa naming tradition](https://www.vriksh.org/mango) - [The Tribune: Pakistani Chaunsa and the name Sumer Bahist (2018)](https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/jammu-kashmir/pakistani-chaunsa-a-hit-with-mango-lovers-638519/) - [Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: Indian mango varieties](https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/govt_schemes_services/aas/mango.html) - **India** A recorded historical connection Place associated in the cited history; this is not a claim of botanical origin. - [Vriksh Foundation: Mango histories and the Chausa naming tradition](https://www.vriksh.org/mango) - [The Tribune: Pakistani Chaunsa and the name Sumer Bahist (2018)](https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/jammu-kashmir/pakistani-chaunsa-a-hit-with-mango-lovers-638519/) - [Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: Indian mango varieties](https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/govt_schemes_services/aas/mango.html) [Harvest calendars by growing place](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md). These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season. ## Sources - [Trade Development Authority of Pakistan: Mango sector (2025)](https://agro.tdap.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mango-Brochure.pdf) - [Mango Research Institute, Multan: varieties and harvest windows](https://agripunjab.gov.pk/aari-cvmango) - [Vriksh Foundation: Mango histories and the Chausa naming tradition](https://www.vriksh.org/mango) - [The Tribune: Pakistani Chaunsa and the name Sumer Bahist (2018)](https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/jammu-kashmir/pakistani-chaunsa-a-hit-with-mango-lovers-638519/) - [Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: Indian mango varieties](https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/govt_schemes_services/aas/mango.html) - [Chaunsa: variety reference](https://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/46%281%29/21.pdf) [Back to mangoes](https://mangoranking.com/explore.md)