Bizcochuelo

Recorded names

A shared name does not by itself establish an identical cultivar. Place, language and source matter.

Bizcochuelo

Cuba

Spelling used in Cuba’s technical mango manual for the Caney-associated variety.

• UNDP / Cuban Institute of Tropical Fruit Growing, Cultivo y comercialización del mango (2023)
• UNDP publication page
• Hammer et al., Inventory of cultivated plants of Cuba (1992)

Biscochuelo

Cuba

Spelling in the 1992 cultivated-plant inventory.

• UNDP / Cuban Institute of Tropical Fruit Growing, Cultivo y comercialización del mango (2023)
• UNDP publication page
• Hammer et al., Inventory of cultivated plants of Cuba (1992)

A mango inseparable from El Caney

Local tradition: an attributed account, with uncertainty preserved.

Cuba’s technical manual ties Bizcochuelo to longstanding cultivation in the Valle del Caney, near Santiago de Cuba. It describes a regional fruit whose quality and success can change when grown elsewhere.

The same manual calls its origin unknown. A possible arrival with Haitian migrants is reported as a possibility, not an established pedigree. Local significance is well documented even when ancestry is not.

• Cuban Institute of Tropical Fruit Growing / UNDP, Cultivo y comercialización del mango (2023)
• Hammer et al., Inventory of cultivated plants of Cuba (1992)

Places in this record

Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin.

• Cuba

  Catalogue association

  A long-established Cuban mango associated with Valle del Caney. Its ancestry is uncertain, and quality can differ between growing regions. A Cuban technical manual describes round or heart-shaped fruit with sweet, juicy flesh and a pronounced aroma.

  • UNDP / Cuban Institute of Tropical Fruit Growing, Cultivo y comercialización del mango (2023)
  • UNDP publication page
  • Hammer et al., Inventory of cultivated plants of Cuba (1992)
• Valle del Caney, Santiago de Cuba

  A place in the story

  Setting of “A mango inseparable from El Caney”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.

  • Cuban Institute of Tropical Fruit Growing / UNDP, Cultivo y comercialización del mango (2023)
  • Hammer et al., Inventory of cultivated plants of Cuba (1992)

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

Sources

• UNDP / Cuban Institute of Tropical Fruit Growing, Cultivo y comercialización del mango (2023)
• UNDP publication page
• Hammer et al., Inventory of cultivated plants of Cuba (1992)