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# A mango compared with a papaya

Large fruit helped Springfels earn another name.

Springfels — West Africa

Documented history

CIRAD records the nickname Papaye, explicitly linking it to comparisons with large local papayas.

## The names it answers to

**Springfels**

Name recorded in CIRAD’s regional cultivar history.

**Papaye**

Nickname based on fruit size.

## Where the story comes from

- [Rey et al., Mango varieties and orchards of West Africa (2007), full paper](https://agritrop.cirad.fr/537356/1/ID537356.pdf)

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