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Here’s a look at some of the most known
and popular mango cultivars around the
world:
Alampur Baneshan
The ‘Alampur Beneshan’ mango,
sometimes spelled Banishan, originates
from southern India where it is
sometimes known as Seeri. It differs
from, but is related ancestrally to,
the high-volume commercial cultivar
Banganapalli. The ripe fruit has a deep
flavour with a slight taste of cinnamon.
Alphonso
The “King of mangoes” is famed for
its very sweet and tasty fibreless
pulp. It is rich in vitamin A and C,
and cultivated mainly in Devgad and
Ratnagiri districts of Maharashtra. The
cultivar is named after General Afonso
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de Albuquerque who helped to establish
Portuguese colonies in India. Alphonso
was introduced as a result of grafting
of mango trees which was a common
practice by the Portuguese. Call it a bias
of belonging to this region, but to me,
once you have tasted a true hapus, no
other mango matches up to that taste.
Amrapali
The ‘Amrapali’ was introduced in 1971.
It was developed as a hybrid variety
of Dasheri and Neelum by Dr Pijush
Kanti Majumdar. Since then, this mango
gained in popularity and has been grown
in farms and orchards across India.
Anwar Ratol
Anwar Ratol is a small sized yellow in
colour mango sometimes known as mini-
sized power house! It is grown in the
Punjab and Sindh regions of Pakistan,
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