Familiar parents, a different direction
Arka Puneet reverses the parent order used for Arka Aruna and has its own identity.
Arka Puneet — ICAR–IIHR, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Documented history
Arka Puneet is the Alphonso × Banganapalli hybrid developed at IIHR. Its sibling in this directory, Arka Aruna, uses the parents in the opposite order. Each is a separately selected variety.
The cross matters because some secondary lists mix Puneet up with Arka Anmol, whose parentage is Alphonso × Janardhan Pasand. The university and breeder records keep the family story clear: Puneet belongs to the Alphonso–Banganapalli pairing.
The names it answers to
- Arka Puneet / Arka Puneeth
- Spellings used in institutional records.
- Alphonso × Banganapalli
- The supported parentage; Arka Anmol is a different hybrid.