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Description: Rajapuri appears in both western Indian cultivation and an early record of mangoes sent abroad.

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# Rajapuri

Rajapuri appears in both western Indian cultivation and an early record of mangoes sent abroad.

## 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.

**Rajapuri**

India

- [NHB: Mango cultivation and varieties](https://www.nhb.gov.in/report_files/mango/MANGO.htm)

- [Wilson Popenoe (1920): Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, mango varieties](https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/MangoPopenoe11.htm)

**Rajapuri / Rajpuri**

Spellings connected in the historical manual; modern local selections still require careful identification.

- [Wilson Popenoe (1920): Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, mango varieties](https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/MangoPopenoe11.htm)

- [National Horticulture Board: Mango varieties and growing regions](https://www.nhb.gov.in/report_files/mango/MANGO.htm)

## An old name on a travelling fruit

Documented name: the history of the first tree remains unresolved.

Popenoe’s 1920 manual recorded a mango called Rajpuri, with Rajapuri among its spellings, introduced to the United States from Bangalore in 1901. NHB also records Rajapuri in Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Even the early writer was unsure which place the name referred to. We therefore keep the historical trail without choosing a town or royal founder that the evidence cannot establish.

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- [Wilson Popenoe (1920): Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, mango varieties](https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/MangoPopenoe11.htm)

- [National Horticulture Board: Mango varieties and growing regions](https://www.nhb.gov.in/report_files/mango/MANGO.htm)

## Places in this record

Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin.

- **India**

  Catalogue association

  NHB lists Rajapuri among cultivars grown in Gujarat and Maharashtra.

  - [NHB: Mango cultivation and varieties](https://www.nhb.gov.in/report_files/mango/MANGO.htm)

- **Western India; historical introduction from Bengaluru**

  A place in the story

  Setting of “An old name on a travelling fruit”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.

  - [Wilson Popenoe (1920): Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, mango varieties](https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/MangoPopenoe11.htm)

  - [National Horticulture Board: Mango varieties and growing regions](https://www.nhb.gov.in/report_files/mango/MANGO.htm)

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

## Sources

- [NHB: Mango cultivation and varieties](https://www.nhb.gov.in/report_files/mango/MANGO.htm)

- [Wilson Popenoe (1920): Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, mango varieties](https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/MangoPopenoe11.htm)

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