A Gujarat name worth keeping in view
Jamadar belongs in the record alongside the better-known mangoes of western India.
Jamadar — Gujarat and Karnataka
A name on the map
Government sources record Jamadar in Gujarat and Karnataka, including its use for pickle and dried mango. They do not identify the person or place behind its name. Keeping that name visible leaves room for the growers’ fuller history to be found.
The names it answers to
- Jamadar
- The recorded cultivar name; the evidence checked does not establish who named it.