Machine-readable companion to the public website. Personal browser passport information is not included. Canonical human page: [Kensington Pride mango — Taste & ripeness \| Mango Rankings](https://mangoranking.com/mango/kensington-pride). Description: Sweet, tangy, and famously aromatic with a soft tropical finish. Search indexing: this Markdown companion is noindex; use the canonical human page when citing this resource. [Mangoes](https://mangoranking.com/explore.md) # Kensington Pride Sweet, tangy, and famously aromatic with a soft tropical finish. ![Kensington Pride mangoes displayed at the Fruit & Spice Park, Florida. Maturity is not specified.](https://mangoranking.com/fruit/photos/kensington-pride-photo-v1.jpg) Kensington Pride mangoes displayed at the Fruit & Spice Park, Florida. Maturity is not specified. Mango KPride Asit fs.JPG — Asit K. Ghosh (Thaumaturgist). [Photograph source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mango_KPride_Asit_fs.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 juicy · Low fibre **Texture** juicy **Fibre** Low fibre **Eating styles** Get sticky **Harvest** [See regional calendars](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md) ## How to enjoy it Also known as Bowen, Kensington Pride is a familiar Australian summer mango. It brings both sweetness and tang, with soft flesh that works as well over a bowl as in a fruit salad. Open over a bowl to catch the juice. Scoop the ripe flesh; strain blended pulp if you prefer less fibre. ## When it is ripe A rich yellow ground color and fruity perfume matter more than the blush. Flavour notes are subjective. Ripeness, handling and growing conditions change the fruit. [Compare this mango](https://mangoranking.com/compare.md?mango=kensington-pride) · [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. **Kensington Pride** - [Queensland Government — Mango crop profile](https://data.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/static/dcap/DCAP3/DCAP3__14%20Mango%20CTT%20%20Final.pdf) - [Red Rich Fruits — Bowen and Kensington Pride history](https://redrichfruits.com.au/are-bowen-mangoes-the-same-as-kensington-pride-blog/) **Kensington Pride / KP** The established cultivar name and its abbreviation. - [Queensland Government — Mango crop profile](https://data.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/static/dcap/DCAP3/DCAP3__14%20Mango%20CTT%20%20Final.pdf) - [Red Rich Fruits — Bowen and Kensington Pride history](https://redrichfruits.com.au/are-bowen-mangoes-the-same-as-kensington-pride-blog/) **Bowen / Bowen Special** Australian names remembering the Queensland town. - [Queensland Government — Mango crop profile](https://data.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/static/dcap/DCAP3/DCAP3__14%20Mango%20CTT%20%20Final.pdf) - [Red Rich Fruits — Bowen and Kensington Pride history](https://redrichfruits.com.au/are-bowen-mangoes-the-same-as-kensington-pride-blog/) **Bowen Special** Existing catalogue label. It may be an alternate name, translation or market nickname; it is not an assertion of genetic identity. **KP** Existing catalogue label. It may be an alternate name, translation or market nickname; it is not an assertion of genetic identity. ## The mango that came through the harbour Local tradition: an attributed account, with uncertainty preserved. The Queensland account describes Kensington as reputedly descended from seed given to George Sandrock, the harbourmaster at Port Denison, now Bowen, in the 1880s. Trade with Asia brought fruit as well as cargo; the exact voyage and parent tree remain uncertain. The local story follows good fruit passed between growers, eventually reaching Harry Lott’s Kensington property. That property supplied the name, while Bowen kept its own affectionate names for the mango. “Bowen Special” and “KP” are tiny reminders of the people who saved seeds, compared fruit and shared what they liked. [Read the full story](https://mangoranking.com/stories/kensington-pride.md) - [Queensland Government — Mango crop profile](https://data.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/static/dcap/DCAP3/DCAP3__14%20Mango%20CTT%20%20Final.pdf) - [Red Rich Fruits — Bowen and Kensington Pride history](https://redrichfruits.com.au/are-bowen-mangoes-the-same-as-kensington-pride-blog/) ## Places in this record Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin. - **Australia** Catalogue association Associated place in the tasting catalogue; this does not establish botanical origin. - **Italy** Recorded cultivation Recorded in two orchards sampled during a 2025 field study. - [Giordano et al.: cultivar records from four Sicilian mango orchards (2025)](https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4828) - **Bagheria and Sant’Agata di Militello, Sicily, Italy** Recorded cultivation Recorded in two orchards sampled during a 2025 field study. - [Giordano et al.: cultivar records from four Sicilian mango orchards (2025)](https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4828) - **Bowen, Queensland, Australia** A place in the story Setting of “The mango that came through the harbour”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications. - [Queensland Government — Mango crop profile](https://data.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/static/dcap/DCAP3/DCAP3__14%20Mango%20CTT%20%20Final.pdf) - [Red Rich Fruits — Bowen and Kensington Pride history](https://redrichfruits.com.au/are-bowen-mangoes-the-same-as-kensington-pride-blog/) [Harvest calendars by growing place](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md). These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season. ## Sources - [Giordano et al.: cultivar records from four Sicilian mango orchards (2025)](https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4828) - [Queensland Government — Mango crop profile](https://data.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/static/dcap/DCAP3/DCAP3__14%20Mango%20CTT%20%20Final.pdf) - [Red Rich Fruits — Bowen and Kensington Pride history](https://redrichfruits.com.au/are-bowen-mangoes-the-same-as-kensington-pride-blog/) [Back to mangoes](https://mangoranking.com/explore.md)