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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]
Mangifera indica, commonly known as mango, is an evergreen [3] species of flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae. [4] It is a large fruit tree , capable of growing to a height and width of 30 m (100 ft). [ 5 ]
Depending on the cultivar, mango fruit varies in size, shape, sweetness, skin color, and flesh color, which may be pale yellow, gold, green, or orange. [4] Mango is the national fruit of India , Pakistan and the Philippines , [ 5 ] [ 6 ] while the mango tree is the national tree of Bangladesh.
The green-breasted mango or Prevost's mango (Anthracothorax prevostii) is a species in subfamily Polytminae of the hummingbird family Trochilidae. It is found from eastern Mexico south through most of Central America, in Colombia and Venezuela, and as a vagrant in the United States. [3] [4] [5]
The green mango is 11 to 14 cm (4.3 to 5.5 in) long and weighs about 7 g (0.25 oz). The sexes are alike except that the female has a tiny white spot behind the eye. Adults' upperparts are emerald green, their underparts metallic blue-green, and their tail metallic blue-black with white tips to its feathers.
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.
Alampur Beneshan stays green even on ripening - the yellowing one on the right is probably slightly over-ripe. Note the small white pores distributed all over the skin of both mangoes, which is a characteristic of this cultivar. Cut Alampur Beneshan mango. This strain shows a golden-yellow interior, common in the southern Indian strains.
Genus Anthracothorax – F. Boie, 1831 – eight species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Green-throated mango Anthracothorax viridigula (Boddaert, 1783) Venezuela, Trinidad and the Guianas south to northeastern Brazil. Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Green-breasted mango