Mangoes

Fajri

A large, elongated Pakistani favourite with generous sweet pulp and a quieter aroma than Anwar Ratol.

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How it tastes

Sweet · Mild aroma · Juicy

Texture
juicy
Fibre
Low fibre
Eating styles
Get sticky
Harvest
See regional calendars

How to enjoy it

Fajri, also recorded as Fajri Kalan, brings generous pulp and a milder aroma. A Multan study found it the largest fruit among the eight cultivars examined. Harvest timing varies: exporters list July–August, while Punjab’s research institute records a later August–October window.

Open the broad cheeks over a plate and share thick slices. Keep the soft trimmings for a glass of fresh pulp.

When it is ripe

Check for fragrance and yielding shoulders; a large fruit can need more time than its colour suggests.

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.

Fajri

Pakistan

Fajri Kalan

Pakistan

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

Fajri / Fajri Kalan

Names used in the Pakistani study and official cluster report; not merged with Fazli.

فجری

Urdu · Pakistan

Urdu spelling recorded in PHDEC’s list of mango varieties.

Room for a larger mango

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

Pakistan’s official cluster report records Fajri Kalan among the country’s main mango varieties. A study of eight cultivars around Multan found Fajri the largest fruit in that sample. These sources establish the cultivar’s place in Pakistani orchards; they do not verify a founder or a naming event.

Harvest references differ between exporters and the Punjab research calendar. The season shown in the profile allows for that variation. We preserve Fajri Kalan as a recorded name and keep it separate from the Fazli entry in the Bengal research collection.

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Places in this record

Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin.

Harvest calendars by growing place. These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season.

Sources

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