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# A local mango judged as food

Bocado Común has more than a rootstock role.

Bocado Común — Venezuela; studied at Tarabana, Lara

A name on the map

Researchers at Tarabana, Lara, compared its pulp with Bocado Jobo and Hilacha. Tasters showed no significant preference among the three. The study helped document local fruit long used for rootstocks, without explaining Bocado’s naming origin.

## The names it answers to

**Bocado Común**

Name recorded in the cited Venezuelan mango research.

**Bocado Comun**

Unaccented form in the study’s English abstract.

## Where the story comes from

- [Aular & Rodríguez, physical characteristics and consumer preference of Venezuelan criollo mangoes (2005)](https://ve.scielo.org/scielo.php?pid=S1316-33612005000300007&script=sci_arttext)

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