Jehangir
Green skin hides pale flesh with a complex sweet-spicy character.
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How it tastes
buttery · Low fibre
- Texture
- buttery
- Fibre
- Low fibre
- Eating styles
- Bring a spoon
- Harvest
- See regional calendars
How to enjoy it
Jehangir hides pale flesh beneath green skin. Its interest lies in the aromatic, sweet-spicy character; let the fruit become fragrant and yielding before opening it.
Cut ripe cheeks and scoop with a spoon. Taste the flesh plain before adding it to a dessert.
When it is ripe
Ignore the green skin; use fragrance and a yielding shoulder as your guide.
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.
- Jehangir
- Jehangir / Jahangir
Spellings found in Indian horticultural sources.
- Swarna Jehangir
A descendant hybrid, not an alias: Chinnasuvarnarekha × Jehangir.
- Jahangir mango
Existing catalogue label. It may be an alternate name, translation or market nickname; it is not an assertion of genetic identity.
A grand name with a quieter paper trail
Documented name: the history of the first tree remains unresolved.
Jehangir, also written Jahangir, is a recognised mango in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University’s variety list. APEDA also records it as a parent of Swarna Jehangir, developed at the Fruit Research Station at Kodur. Its legacy therefore lives in another mango’s family tree.
The name naturally invites stories about the Mughal emperor. The sources checked here do not identify its first tree, breeder or naming occasion, so that royal connection remains unverified. The documented story is of a valued variety kept in cultivation and used to create something new.
Read the full storyPlaces 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.
- South Indian collections and breeding work, including Kodur, Andhra Pradesh
A place in the story
Setting of “A grand name with a quieter paper trail”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.
Harvest calendars by growing place. These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season.