Arka Neel Kiran
Arka Neelkiran brings two established mangoes into a new Bengaluru selection.
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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.
- Arka Neel Kiran
India
- Arka Neelkiran
India
- Arka Neelkirin
India
Spelling encountered in the NHB regional list; retained as a search aid.
- Arka Neel Kiran / Arka Neelkiran
Spacing variants of the cultivar name.
A later chapter for Alphonso and Neelum
Documented history: consult the claims and qualifications in the cited sources.
The National Horticulture Board records Arka Neelkiran as an IIHR hybrid of Alphonso × Neelum. It is a documented breeding origin, with a named institution and known parents.
The name appears with different spacing in catalogues. Those written forms belong together here; the choice of the poetic cultivar name itself is not explained by the records checked.
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Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin.
- India
Catalogue association
NHB includes Arka Neelkiran among Indian hybrids; an NHB regional report records the spelling Arka Neelkirin among promising southern cultivars.
- ICAR–IIHR, Bengaluru, Karnataka
A place in the story
Setting of “A later chapter for Alphonso and Neelum”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.
Harvest calendars by growing place. These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season.