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# 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.

## Where the story comes from

- [National Horticulture Board: Mango cultivar and hybrid descriptions](https://www.nhb.gov.in/pdf/fruits/mango/man013.pdf)

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

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