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Description: Sindhu carries Alphonso into a breeding family twice.

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# 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.

## Where the story comes from

- [APEDA: Mango report, breeding institutions and cultivar parentage](https://agriexchange.apeda.gov.in/Weekly_eReport/Mango_Report_Final.pdf)

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

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