Machine-readable companion to the public website. Personal browser passport information is not included. Canonical human page: [Langra mango — Taste & ripeness \| Mango Rankings](https://mangoranking.com/mango/langra). Description: Aromatic green-skinned fruit with vivid sweetness, citrus, and a resinous edge. Search indexing: this Markdown companion is noindex; use the canonical human page when citing this resource. [Mangoes](https://mangoranking.com/explore.md) # Langra Aromatic green-skinned fruit with vivid sweetness, citrus, and a resinous edge. ![A basket of Langra Benarsi mangoes above a visible festival label](https://mangoranking.com/fruit/photos/langra-photo-v1.jpg) Langra Benarsi selection at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden mango festival. Maturity is not specified. Mango LangraBenarsi Asit ftg.jpg — Asit K. Ghosh Thaumaturgist. [Photograph source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mango_LangraBenarsi_Asit_ftg.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 Citrus · Resinous · Sweet **Texture** juicy **Fibre** Low fibre **Eating styles** Get sticky **Harvest** [See regional calendars](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md) ## How to enjoy it Langra makes a useful argument against shopping by colour alone. The skin can remain green while the flesh is ripe, sweet and intensely aromatic. Let the scent and the yielding shoulder tell you when to open it. Open when fragrant, scoop the tender cheeks, and taste the sweet-tart finish without seasoning. ## When it is ripe The skin stays green; judge by fragrance and a gentle yielding feel. Flavour notes are subjective. Ripeness, handling and growing conditions change the fruit. [Compare this mango](https://mangoranking.com/compare.md?mango=langra) · [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. **Langra** Pakistan A historical name associated in tradition with the orchard keeper’s limp. - [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) - [Ministry of Food Processing Industries: Mango value-chain study](https://www.mofpi.gov.in/sites/default/files/study_on_infrastructure_gaps_-_mango_0.pdf) **Banarasi Langra** Regional name locating the tradition in Banaras, now Varanasi. - [Ministry of Food Processing Industries: Mango value-chain study](https://www.mofpi.gov.in/sites/default/files/study_on_infrastructure_gaps_-_mango_0.pdf) **لنگڑا** 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) ## The grower hidden inside the name Local tradition: an attributed account, with uncertainty preserved. The widely repeated naming story connects Langra to a mango tree in the orchard of a man with a walking disability in Varanasi. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries records the account with “it is said”: a useful distinction between the town’s tradition and a proven biography. Langra is an old term referring to a limp. Repeating the story respectfully brings the person back into view, even though the sources do not preserve his name. Banarasi Langra makes the place explicit: this green-skinned favourite carries Banaras with it. [Read the full story](https://mangoranking.com/stories/langra.md) - [Ministry of Food Processing Industries: Mango value-chain study](https://www.mofpi.gov.in/sites/default/files/study_on_infrastructure_gaps_-_mango_0.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 Documented in Pakistani agriculture and trade references. Shares the existing Langra profile; its Pakistani association does not change the historical Banaras account. - [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) - **Varanasi (Banaras), Uttar Pradesh** A place in the story Setting of “The grower hidden inside the name”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications. - [Ministry of Food Processing Industries: Mango value-chain study](https://www.mofpi.gov.in/sites/default/files/study_on_infrastructure_gaps_-_mango_0.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) - [Ministry of Food Processing Industries: Mango value-chain study](https://www.mofpi.gov.in/sites/default/files/study_on_infrastructure_gaps_-_mango_0.pdf) - [Langra: 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)