A second generation, a much smaller stone
Sindhu carries Alphonso into a breeding family twice.
Sindhu — Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Maharashtra
Documented history
Sindhu was released in 1992 from Ratna × Alphonso. Ratna was already a Neelum–Alphonso hybrid, so this second cross returned the family to Alphonso.
The resulting fruit is known for a very thin, small stone. “Seedless” is sometimes used loosely in popular accounts; the institutional description is more precise. Its small stone is the outcome of a traceable breeding story, not a missing piece of the fruit.
The names it answers to
- Sindhu
- The released cultivar name.
- Ratna × Alphonso
- Recorded parentage, building on Ratna’s Neelum × Alphonso ancestry.