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The following is a list of some prominent mango cultivars. Worldwide, hundreds of mango cultivars are known. Mangos of the Kensington Pride cultivar. Most commercial cultivars belong to Mangifera indica, while a few commercial varieties grown in Southeast Asia belong to other Mangifera species. [1]
The skin color is typically green with some light red blush. The flesh has fibers, tangy and sweet, with a monoembryonic seed. The fruit generally has good disease resistance, and typically ripens from August until September in Florida, [ 9 ] often into October as well, making it one of the more valued late-season varieties.
The Nam Dok Mai tree is medium-sized, and can potentially reach heights of over six meters. It is an early-midseason variety, with the potential for multiple crops in a year. The fruit is elongated, with a prominent beak, and is normally yellow with green spots. It is a polyembryonic-seeded variety. The flesh of the fruit is known for having ...
The green-breasted mango is 10.3 to 12.1 cm (4.1 to 4.8 in) long and weighs 5.7 to 7.0 g (0.20 to 0.25 oz). Both sexes of all subspecies have a slightly decurved dull black bill. Adult males of the nominate subspecies A. p. prevostii have metallic bronze green crown, nape, and upperparts. Their innermost pair of tail feathers are dull dusky ...
The 'Tommy Atkins' mango is a named mango cultivar. Although generally not considered to be the best in terms of sweetness and flavor, [ 1 ] it is valued for its very long shelf life and tolerance of handling and transportation with little or no bruising or degradation.
The 'Langra' mango, also known as Benarasi Langra, [1] is a mango cultivar that was first cultivated in Banaras in present-day Uttar Pradesh, India 250 to 300 years ago. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Apart from Uttar Pradesh, it is also grown in the states of Bihar and West Bengal , [ 2 ] [ 4 ] as well in the neighbouring country Bangladesh . [ 5 ]
The original tree grew from a seed likely planted in the 1930s on the property of Mrs. Madeline Van Dyke in Miami, Florida. [1] For decades the parentage of Van Dyke was unknown, though a 2005 pedigree analysis estimated that Haden was the likely parent. [ 2 ]
The wild mango fruits are green when unripe and change to a brown color when ripe. The flesh is yellow, thick and very fibrous. Wild mango flesh is aromatic and tastes sweet and sour. [3] The peel is very tough and has a corrosive latex layer. [4] The latex is known to cause burns to lips and cause blisters.