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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 ]
Mangifera species are widely cultivated in Asia and elsewhere. More than 27 species in the genus bear edible, fleshy fruits, especially the common mango (M. indica). Others, such as M. foetida, yield astringent fruits that can be eaten pickled. [5] Mango wastes, such as the seed kernel and peel, have high functional and nutritional potential.
horse mango Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Mangifera indica: common mango; Indian mango Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Mangifera odorata: kuweni mango; kuwini; Saipan mango; fragrant mango Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Mangifera persiciformis: peach mango Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Mangifera siamensis: Thai mango Anacardiaceae (cashew family)
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 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.
Green-breasted mango Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) CITES Appendix II (CITES) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Strisores Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae Genus: Anthracothorax Species: A. prevostii Binomial name Anthracothorax prevostii (Lesson, 1832) The green-breasted mango or Prevost's mango (Anthracothorax ...
The type species was subsequently designated as the green-throated mango (Anthracothorax viridigula). [3] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek anthrax meaning "coal" (i.e. black) with thÅrax meaning "chest". [4] A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Anthracothorax was paraphyletic with respect to Eulampis. [5] [6]