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There are many species of mango, but the only one raised for commercial fruit production is Mangifera indica, as the fruit it bears is the most appealing and edible. [5] Originally cultivated in India beginning more than 5,000 years ago, mangoes currently represent up to 50% of international fruit production. [6]
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. [7]
Irvingia gabonensis is a species of African trees in the genus Irvingia, sometimes known by the common names wild mango, African mango, or bush mango. They bear edible mango -like fruits, and are especially valued for their fat - and protein -rich nuts.
The mango trees on his Homestead farm usually provide enough fruit for the whole year, up to 1,000 pounds. This year, he notes, “there were about 10 mangoes on the trees.”
One reason is that they are much higher in calories than most other fruits – containing over 200 calories in a single mango. The fruit also has a high amount of natural sugar, ...
The fruit of the mangosteen is sweet and tangy, juicy, somewhat fibrous, with fluid-filled vesicles (like the flesh of citrus fruits), with an inedible, deep reddish-purple colored rind when ripe. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In each fruit, the fragrant edible flesh that surrounds each seed is botanically endocarp , i.e., the inner layer of the ovary .
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.
Bombay is a vigorous mango tree that bears fruit in June–July in South Florida. It is susceptible to anthracnose. Bombay is the parent of the White Perie mango of Hawaii. Brahm Kai Meu: United States Brooks: Australia, United States Carabao (Philippine Mango) Philippines The Ataulfo and Manilita mango cultivars originated from the Philippine ...