Machine-readable companion to the public website. Personal browser passport information is not included. Canonical human page: [Dashehari mango — Taste & ripeness \| Mango Rankings](https://mangoranking.com/mango/dashehari). Description: Fragrant, sweet, and nearly fiberless with a long, elegant finish. Search indexing: this Markdown companion is noindex; use the canonical human page when citing this resource. [Mangoes](https://mangoranking.com/explore.md) # Dashehari Fragrant, sweet, and nearly fiberless with a long, elegant finish. ![Elongated yellow Dasehri mangoes arranged in a pink basket](https://mangoranking.com/fruit/photos/dashehari-photo-v1.jpg) Ripe Dasehri mangoes from Shahdadpur, Sindh, as identified by the photographer. Ripe Dasehri mangoes from Shahdadpur, Sindh.jpg — Qskb. [Photograph source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ripe_Dasehri_mangoes_from_Shahdadpur,_Sindh.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 Sweet · Fragrant · Smooth **Texture** buttery **Fibre** Low fibre **Eating styles** Bring a spoon **Harvest** [See regional calendars](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md) ## How to enjoy it Dashehari is closely associated with the mango-growing belt around Malihabad. Under its long, slender shape is sweet, fine-textured flesh. Give the perfume time to develop before cutting it open. Slice lengthwise beside the stone and eat the ripe flesh straight from the cheeks. ## When it is ripe Green-yellow skin can be ready; wait for perfume and a soft shoulder. Flavour notes are subjective. Ripeness, handling and growing conditions change the fruit. [Compare this mango](https://mangoranking.com/compare.md?mango=dashehari) · [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. **Dashehari** - [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) - [Planning Commission / CABI: Mango Cluster Study (2020), Table 3](https://www.pc.gov.pk/uploads/report/Mango_Cluster_Report.pdf) - [Naz et al.: sensory profiling of Multan mango cultivars (2014)](https://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/46%281%29/21.pdf) - [Bhuwon Sthapit with CISH scientists and farmers: Birthplace of Dashehari mango](https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/documents/MangoDashehari.pdf) **Dusehri** 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) - [Planning Commission / CABI: Mango Cluster Study (2020), Table 3](https://www.pc.gov.pk/uploads/report/Mango_Cluster_Report.pdf) - [Naz et al.: sensory profiling of Multan mango cultivars (2014)](https://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/46%281%29/21.pdf) **Dusheri** 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) - [Planning Commission / CABI: Mango Cluster Study (2020), Table 3](https://www.pc.gov.pk/uploads/report/Mango_Cluster_Report.pdf) - [Naz et al.: sensory profiling of Multan mango cultivars (2014)](https://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/46%281%29/21.pdf) **Dussehri** 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) - [Planning Commission / CABI: Mango Cluster Study (2020), Table 3](https://www.pc.gov.pk/uploads/report/Mango_Cluster_Report.pdf) - [Naz et al.: sensory profiling of Multan mango cultivars (2014)](https://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/46%281%29/21.pdf) **Aman Dusehri** 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) - [Planning Commission / CABI: Mango Cluster Study (2020), Table 3](https://www.pc.gov.pk/uploads/report/Mango_Cluster_Report.pdf) - [Naz et al.: sensory profiling of Multan mango cultivars (2014)](https://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/46%281%29/21.pdf) **Aman Dusahri** 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) - [Planning Commission / CABI: Mango Cluster Study (2020), Table 3](https://www.pc.gov.pk/uploads/report/Mango_Cluster_Report.pdf) - [Naz et al.: sensory profiling of Multan mango cultivars (2014)](https://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/46%281%29/21.pdf) **Dashehari / Dasheri** Spellings of the cultivar named for Dashehari village. - [Bhuwon Sthapit with CISH scientists and farmers: Birthplace of Dashehari mango](https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/documents/MangoDashehari.pdf) **Malihabad Dusseheri** The regional name recorded in the geographical-indication account. - [Bhuwon Sthapit with CISH scientists and farmers: Birthplace of Dashehari mango](https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/documents/MangoDashehari.pdf) **دوسہری** Urdu · Pakistan Urdu spelling recorded in PHDEC’s list of mango varieties. - [PHDEC: Mango cultivation in Pakistan (Urdu, 2023), p. 1](https://phdec.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/mango-Booklet.pdf#page=4) **Malihabadi** Existing catalogue label. It may be an alternate name, translation or market nickname; it is not an assertion of genetic identity. ## A village’s name on millions of lips Local tradition: an attributed account, with uncertainty preserved. The name comes from Dashehari village. A field account compiled by biodiversity researcher Bhuwon Sthapit with CISH scientists and local farmers describes its celebrated mother tree and the community around it. CISH collected scion material there in 1977 to propagate selected trees through nurseries. The account also preserves a local legend: a travelling mango trader quarrelled with a monk who offered shelter, pushed a prized fruit into the earth, and left. The monk cared for the seedling that followed; its fine fruit eventually attracted the landowning nawab’s attention. This is the remembered tale, not a verified planting record. The tree, the grafts and the story are different ways of keeping an inheritance alive. Dashehari names a mango, but it also keeps the village from disappearing behind the fruit’s fame. [Read the full story](https://mangoranking.com/stories/dashehari.md) - [Bhuwon Sthapit with CISH scientists and farmers: Birthplace of Dashehari mango](https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/documents/MangoDashehari.pdf) ## 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. - **Pakistan** Catalogue association Pakistani spellings of the cultivar covered in the Dashehari profile. Country association records cultivation, rather than a separate 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) - [Planning Commission / CABI: Mango Cluster Study (2020), Table 3](https://www.pc.gov.pk/uploads/report/Mango_Cluster_Report.pdf) - [Naz et al.: sensory profiling of Multan mango cultivars (2014)](https://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/46%281%29/21.pdf) - **Dashehari village, near Kakori, Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh** A place in the story Setting of “A village’s name on millions of lips”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications. - [Bhuwon Sthapit with CISH scientists and farmers: Birthplace of Dashehari mango](https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/documents/MangoDashehari.pdf) [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) - [Planning Commission / CABI: Mango Cluster Study (2020), Table 3](https://www.pc.gov.pk/uploads/report/Mango_Cluster_Report.pdf) - [Naz et al.: sensory profiling of Multan mango cultivars (2014)](https://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/46%281%29/21.pdf) - [Bhuwon Sthapit with CISH scientists and farmers: Birthplace of Dashehari mango](https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/documents/MangoDashehari.pdf) - [Dashehari: variety reference](https://apeda.gov.in/sites/default/files/files_universal_page/2024-05/Mango_brochure.pdf) - [PHDEC: Mango cultivation in Pakistan (Urdu, 2023), p. 1](https://phdec.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/mango-Booklet.pdf#page=4) [Back to mangoes](https://mangoranking.com/explore.md)