Bombay Green
Bombay Green is a reminder that a market name can change meaning from one region to another.
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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.
- Bombay Green
India
The distinct cultivar name in horticultural records.
- Malda
A northern market synonym recorded by TNAU; also applied to other mangoes, so context matters.
A travelling name that needs local context
Documented name: the history of the first tree remains unresolved.
TNAU records Bombay Green under the name Malda in northern India, while listing Bombai separately. A shared market word is not proof that every fruit sold under it is the same cultivar. The first tree and the reason for the Bombay name remain unverified here.
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Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin.
- India
Catalogue association
NHB lists Bombay Green across northern and central Indian state variety lists.
- Northern India, including Uttar Pradesh and Haryana
A place in the story
Setting of “A travelling name that needs local context”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.
Harvest calendars by growing place. These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season.