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Mango

Mangifera indica

Also known as: Mangifera indica

A large evergreen tree in the cashew family (Anacardiaceae), native to the South Asian subcontinent — domesticated and cultivated continuously in India for at least 4,000 years. The national fruit of India, Pakistan, and the Philippines. The world's most-produced tropical fruit; hundreds of named cultivars in India alone, each with distinct flavor, fragrance, and texture profile.

Mango
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Scientific

Mangifera indica is in Anacardiaceae alongside cashew and pistachio (and, less helpfully, [[poison-ivy|poison ivy]] and sumac — the family contains potent allergenic compounds, and some mango handlers develop contact dermatitis from the skin).

The fruit is a drupe (stone fruit) — fleshy mesocarp surrounding a large flat seed. Hundreds of named Indian cultivars (Alphonso, Banganapalli, Kesar, Langra, Dasheri, Chaunsa) each have distinct seasons, regions, and flavor profiles.

Cultural

The mango appears in the Vedas, in Sanskrit poetry, in Mughal garden traditions. Akbar’s Lakh Bagh (a 100,000-mango orchard) and Aurangzeb’s mango patronage are documented in Mughal records. The fruit is woven through Indian religious, culinary, and aesthetic traditions in a way few other crops are in any culture.

Global production

Top producers: India (~40% of global supply), China, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico.

See also

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  • Shares approach with: [[turmeric]] · [[sugarcane]] · [[sesame]] · [[rambutan]] · [[pineapple]] · [[passion-fruit]]
  • Member of: [[plants]]
  • Produced by: [[cnpo-bio-aura-industria-de-alimentos-organicos-ltda-atibaia-sp]] · [[cnpo-grupo-liege-ferlin-dos-santos-alexandre-selvaggio-goncalves-mg]]

Sources

  • FAO Crop Statistics
  • Wikipedia — Mango

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Scientific

shares approach with

  • Cashew fellow Anacardiaceae; both tropical commercial fruits/nuts originating outside the colonial trade routes that later carried them
  • Pistachio fellow Anacardiaceae; both tropical/subtropical commercial crops with allergenic urushiol-related compounds in non-edible tissues

Practical

produces

Cultural

shares approach with

General

shares approach with

  • Passionfruit fellow tropical fruit with intensely aromatic pulp; both major in tropical juice and dessert traditions

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