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Resized for display; complete frame retained. No generative edits. ## How it tastes firm · Some fibre **Texture** firm **Fibre** Some fibre **Eating styles** Slice & eat **Harvest** [See regional calendars](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md) ## How to enjoy it Keitt is a late mango with generous cheeks and a mild character. Its green skin can linger into ripeness. A soft shoulder is a more useful clue than a yellow peel. Cut the cheeks away from the flat stone, then slice or cube. Use the ripeness notes below to choose the right stage. ## When it is ripe It often stays green; test for softness rather than color. Flavour notes are subjective. Ripeness, handling and growing conditions change the fruit. [Compare this mango](https://mangoranking.com/compare.md?mango=keitt) · [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. **Keitt** Venezuela The surname attached to the Homestead selection. - [Avilán et al., Floración de cultivares de mango de la colección del INIA-CENIAP (2002)](https://ve.scielo.org/scielo.php?pid=S0002-192X2002000400003&script=sci_arttext) - [Tropical Acres Farms — Keitt](https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/keitt) **Late season green** A descriptive phrase, not a separate local cultivar name. - [Tropical Acres Farms — Keitt](https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/keitt) ## A family name at the end of summer Documented history: consult the claims and qualifications in the cited sources. Keitt was selected by the Keitt family in Homestead in the 1940s. Its generous late crop attracted commercial growers, and the name travelled with grafted trees into orchards across the Americas. The parentage story has changed as evidence improved. It was historically described as a Mulgoba seedling; later assessments favour Brooks. The family name and Florida selection are the clear parts of the record. The late fruit itself explains why so many growers wanted to carry the tree forward. [Read the full story](https://mangoranking.com/stories/keitt.md) - [Tropical Acres Farms — Keitt](https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/keitt) ## Places in this record Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin. - **Florida** Catalogue association Associated place in the tasting catalogue; this does not establish botanical origin. - **Venezuela** Catalogue association A mango cultivar included in the Venezuelan INIA-CENIAP collection and flowering research. - [Avilán et al., Floración de cultivares de mango de la colección del INIA-CENIAP (2002)](https://ve.scielo.org/scielo.php?pid=S0002-192X2002000400003&script=sci_arttext) - **Spain** Recorded cultivation Recorded as Andalusia’s second predominant cultivar, with late ripening. - [Junta de Andalucía / RAIF: principal mango varieties in Andalusia (2023)](https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/agriculturapescaaguaydesarrollorural/raif/principales-variedades-de-mango-en-andalucia/) - **Andalusia, mainland Spain** Recorded cultivation Recorded as Andalusia’s second predominant cultivar, with late ripening. - [Junta de Andalucía / RAIF: principal mango varieties in Andalusia (2023)](https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/agriculturapescaaguaydesarrollorural/raif/principales-variedades-de-mango-en-andalucia/) - **Italy** Recorded cultivation Recorded at both sites in the 2025 orchard survey. - [Giordano et al.: cultivar records from four Sicilian mango orchards (2025)](https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4828) - **Ficarazzi and Bagheria, Sicily, Italy** Recorded cultivation Recorded at both sites in the 2025 orchard survey. - [Giordano et al.: cultivar records from four Sicilian mango orchards (2025)](https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4828) - **United States** Catalogue association Associated country guide; cultivation, naming and origin are different claims. - **Homestead, Florida, United States** A place in the story Setting of “A family name at the end of summer”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications. - [Tropical Acres Farms — Keitt](https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/keitt) [Harvest calendars by growing place](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md). These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season. ## Sources - [Avilán et al., Floración de cultivares de mango de la colección del INIA-CENIAP (2002)](https://ve.scielo.org/scielo.php?pid=S0002-192X2002000400003&script=sci_arttext) - [Junta de Andalucía / RAIF: principal mango varieties in Andalusia (2023)](https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/agriculturapescaaguaydesarrollorural/raif/principales-variedades-de-mango-en-andalucia/) - [Giordano et al.: cultivar records from four Sicilian mango orchards (2025)](https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4828) - [Tropical Acres Farms — Keitt](https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/keitt) [Back to mangoes](https://mangoranking.com/explore.md)