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Description: Espada belongs to Brazil’s older mango landscape.

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# Espada

Espada belongs to Brazil’s older mango landscape.

## About this name

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.

**Espada**

Brazil

Name used in the cited Brazilian agricultural literature.

- [Cultivares de manga (Embrapa)](https://www.atermaisdigital.cnptia.embrapa.br/web/manga/cultivares-mudas)

- [Ramos, Variedades de mangueira (Embrapa / EPAMIG, 1982)](https://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/bitstream/doc/563015/1/Variedades-de-mangueira.pdf)

- [Manga para exportação: aspectos fitossanitários (Embrapa)](https://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/192509/1/Manga-exportacao-aspecto-fito.pdf)

**Espadinhas**

Small-fruited types in the Espada group.

- [Ramos, Variedades de mangueira (Embrapa / EPAMIG, 1982)](https://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/bitstream/doc/563015/1/Variedades-de-mangueira.pdf)

- [Manga para exportação: aspectos fitossanitários (Embrapa)](https://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/192509/1/Manga-exportacao-aspecto-fito.pdf)

**Espadão**

Large-fruited types in the Espada group.

- [Ramos, Variedades de mangueira (Embrapa / EPAMIG, 1982)](https://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/bitstream/doc/563015/1/Variedades-de-mangueira.pdf)

- [Manga para exportação: aspectos fitossanitários (Embrapa)](https://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/192509/1/Manga-exportacao-aspecto-fito.pdf)

## An old name with several sizes

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

Embrapa describes its origin as uncertain, possibly among early Indochinese introductions. The name covers several sizes, from small Espadinhas to large Espadão. Its seedlings also serve as rootstocks beneath grafted trees.

[Read the full story](https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-espada.md)

- [Ramos, Variedades de mangueira (Embrapa / EPAMIG, 1982)](https://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/bitstream/doc/563015/1/Variedades-de-mangueira.pdf)

- [Manga para exportação: aspectos fitossanitários (Embrapa)](https://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/192509/1/Manga-exportacao-aspecto-fito.pdf)

## Places in this record

Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin.

- **Brazil**

  Catalogue association

  Long-established Brazilian cultivar; also used as rootstock in some production contexts.

  - [Cultivares de manga (Embrapa)](https://www.atermaisdigital.cnptia.embrapa.br/web/manga/cultivares-mudas)

- **Brazil**

  A place in the story

  Setting of “An old name with several sizes”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.

  - [Ramos, Variedades de mangueira (Embrapa / EPAMIG, 1982)](https://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/bitstream/doc/563015/1/Variedades-de-mangueira.pdf)

  - [Manga para exportação: aspectos fitossanitários (Embrapa)](https://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/192509/1/Manga-exportacao-aspecto-fito.pdf)

[Harvest calendars by growing place](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md). These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season.

## Sources

- [Cultivares de manga (Embrapa)](https://www.atermaisdigital.cnptia.embrapa.br/web/manga/cultivares-mudas)

- [Ramos, Variedades de mangueira (Embrapa / EPAMIG, 1982)](https://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/bitstream/doc/563015/1/Variedades-de-mangueira.pdf)

- [Manga para exportação: aspectos fitossanitários (Embrapa)](https://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/192509/1/Manga-exportacao-aspecto-fito.pdf)

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