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# Zardalu

Zardalu carries a local tradition of royal cultivation as well as a wider eastern Indian identity.

## 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.

**Zardalu**

India

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

- [Bihar Bhawan: Bhagalpuri Zardalu Mango heritage](https://biharbhawan.gov.in/Docs/ArtArtist/GITags.pdf)

**Jardalu**

India

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

**Zardalu / Jardalu**

Spellings recorded in Indian cultivar lists.

- [Bihar Bhawan: Bhagalpuri Zardalu Mango heritage](https://biharbhawan.gov.in/Docs/ArtArtist/GITags.pdf)

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

**Bhagalpuri Zardalu**

Regional name that ties the fruit to Bhagalpur’s growing tradition.

- [Bihar Bhawan: Bhagalpuri Zardalu Mango heritage](https://biharbhawan.gov.in/Docs/ArtArtist/GITags.pdf)

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

## Bhagalpur’s mango, with a royal memory

Local tradition: an attributed account, with uncertainty preserved.

Bihar Bhawan’s heritage account says Bhagalpuri Zardalu is believed to have been first cultivated locally by Maharaja Rahmat Ali Khan Bahadur of Khadagpur. “Believed” matters: the account preserves a regional tradition rather than a dated planting record.

Zardalu also appears beyond Bhagalpur in horticultural lists. Jardalu is another recorded spelling. The particular pride of Bhagalpur can be celebrated without turning the region’s tradition into an exclusive claim about every tree bearing the name.

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- [Bihar Bhawan: Bhagalpuri Zardalu Mango heritage](https://biharbhawan.gov.in/Docs/ArtArtist/GITags.pdf)

- [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 includes Zardalu in Bihar and Jharkhand cultivar lists; its spelling also appears as Jardalu.

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

- **Bhagalpur, Bihar; also recorded in eastern Indian cultivation**

  A place in the story

  Setting of “Bhagalpur’s mango, with a royal memory”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.

  - [Bihar Bhawan: Bhagalpuri Zardalu Mango heritage](https://biharbhawan.gov.in/Docs/ArtArtist/GITags.pdf)

  - [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)

- [Bihar Bhawan: Bhagalpuri Zardalu Mango heritage](https://biharbhawan.gov.in/Docs/ArtArtist/GITags.pdf)

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