A later chapter for Alphonso and Neelum
Arka Neelkiran brings two established mangoes into a new Bengaluru selection.
Arka Neel Kiran — ICAR–IIHR, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Documented history
The National Horticulture Board records Arka Neelkiran as an IIHR hybrid of Alphonso × Neelum. It is a documented breeding origin, with a named institution and known parents.
The name appears with different spacing in catalogues. Those written forms belong together here; the choice of the poetic cultivar name itself is not explained by the records checked.
The names it answers to
- Arka Neel Kiran / Arka Neelkiran
- Spacing variants of the cultivar name.
- Arka Neelkirin
- Spelling encountered in the NHB regional list; retained as a search aid.