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# From grafting stock to the tasting table

Hilacha’s record connects growers and eaters.

Hilacha — Venezuela

A name on the map

A 1996 rootstock experiment found strong graft success with Hilacha. Later research compared its pulp with two Bocado types and found similar consumer acceptance. Those studies document its agricultural life; they do not identify its first named tree.

## The names it answers to

**Hilacha**

Name recorded in the cited Venezuelan mango research.

**Mango Hilacha**

Descriptive expanded form used in the literature.

## 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)

- [Mérida, Vargas & Sergent, evaluation of mango rootstocks (1996), AGRIS record](https://agris.fao.org/search/en/providers/122451/records/64775e28bc45d9ecdbc2b63d)

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