Ashwina

Ashwina connects an older variety with a modern hybrid.

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This record preserves a local name and its context. A complete tasting guide and cultivar photograph have not yet been added.

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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.

Ashwina

Bangladesh

Name documented in the cited Bangladeshi variety records.

Bangladesh Department of Agricultural Extension: agricultural sector and mango varieties
Bangladesh Department of Agricultural Extension, mango production and varieties
BSMRAU Digital Herbarium: BARI Mango-4 breeding record
Ahmad et al., Ashwina/Ashina storage study (1988), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council record in AGRIS

Ashina

Spelling used for the local parent in the BARI Mango-4 record.

A late harvest becomes a breeding parent

Documented history: consult the claims and qualifications in the cited sources.

Bangladesh’s guidance lists Ashwina among late-season mangoes. The university’s BARI Mango-4 record names local Ashina as the female parent in that hybrid, crossed with Florida M-3896. The sources document its breeding role, rather than a verified etymology.

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Places in this record

Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin.

Bangladesh
Catalogue association
Listed among Bangladesh mango varieties by the Department of Agricultural Extension.
- Bangladesh Department of Agricultural Extension: agricultural sector and mango varieties
Bangladesh
A place in the story
Setting of “A late harvest becomes a breeding parent”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.

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

Sources

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