Mankurad
Mankurad’s name is remembered as a Portuguese description transformed by local speech.
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.
- Mankurad
India
- Goa Mankurad
India
- Mankurad / Goa Mankur
Names used for Goa’s prized cultivar.
- Malcorado
Portuguese form associated with the traditional “poor-coloured” explanation.
- Kurad / Corado
Additional forms recorded in ICAR’s Goa mango bulletin.
The “poor-coloured” mango Goa treasures
Local tradition: an attributed account, with uncertainty preserved.
The usual name story begins with Malcorado, understood as “poor-coloured” in Portuguese, and follows the word into the Konkani name Mankurad. It is a wonderfully unfair description for a mango so highly prized in Goa.
Goan horticultural records preserve names including Goa Mankur, Kurad and Malcorado, while leaving the cultivar’s precise origin unknown. The grafting culture documented in Goa helped keep favourite trees in circulation. The name’s journey is better documented than the identity of its first grower.
Read the full storyPlaces in this record
Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin.
- India
Catalogue association
NHB records Mankurad among varieties cultivated in Goa, Maharashtra, and Gujarat.
- Goa
A place in the story
Setting of “The “poor-coloured” mango Goa treasures”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.
Harvest calendars by growing place. These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season.