Mangoes

Long mango

Long shares a migration history with Buxton Spice.

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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.

Long mango

Guyana

Directory label for the variety called Long in Guyana’s production guide.

Long

Guyana

The short form used in the Guyanese production guide.

The other pillar of Guyana’s harvest

Documented history: consult the claims and qualifications in the cited sources.

The national guide places Long beside Buxton Spice as a principal local selection descended from Indian introductions. Its elongated, more fibrous fruit distinguishes it in that account; the publication gives no individual breeder or first tree.

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Places in this record

Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin.

Harvest calendars by growing place. These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season.

Sources

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