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48-525: A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree Mangifera indica . It originated from the region between northwestern Myanmar , Bangladesh , and northeastern India . M. indica has been cultivated in South and Southeast Asia since ancient times resulting in two types of modern mango cultivars: the "Indian type" and the "Southeast Asian type". Other species in the genus Mangifera also produce edible fruits that are also called "mangoes",

96-478: A drupe having a stone which cannot be easily removed from the flesh. The flesh is attached strongly to the stone and must be cut to free the stone. Clingstone varieties of fruits in the genus Prunus are preferred as table fruit and for jams, because the flesh of clingstone fruits tends to be more tender and juicy throughout. Tryma is a specialized term for such nut -like drupes that are difficult to categorize. Hickory nuts ( Carya ) and walnuts ( Juglans ) in

144-563: A salad. In most parts of Southeast Asia, they are commonly eaten with fish sauce , vinegar, soy sauce, or with a dash of salt (plain or spicy) – a combination usually known as "mango salad" in English. In the Philippines, green mangoes are also commonly eaten with bagoong (salty fish or shrimp paste ), salt, soy sauce , vinegar or chilis. Mango float and mango cake , which use slices of ripe mangoes, are eaten in

192-532: A single flower whose pistil is made up of a number of free carpels. However, mulberries , which closely resemble blackberries, are not aggregate fruit, but are multiple fruits , actually derived from bunches of catkins , each drupelet thus belonging to a different flower. Certain drupes occur in large clusters, as in the case of palm species, where a large array of drupes is found in a cluster. Examples of such large drupe clusters include dates , Jubaea chilensis in central Chile and Washingtonia filifera in

240-458: A topping on ice cream or blended with milk and ice as milkshakes . Sweet glutinous rice is flavored with coconut , then served with sliced mango as mango sticky rice . In other parts of Southeast Asia, mangoes are pickled with fish sauce and rice vinegar . Green mangoes can be used in mango salad with fish sauce and dried shrimp . Mango with condensed milk may be used as a topping for shaved ice . Raw green mangoes can be sliced and eaten like

288-515: Is 'Alphonso' , an important export product, considered "the king of mangoes". Cultivars that excel in one climate may fail elsewhere. For example, Indian cultivars such as 'Julie,' a prolific cultivar in Jamaica, require annual fungicide treatments to escape the lethal fungal disease anthracnose in Florida. Asian mangoes are resistant to anthracnose. The current world market is dominated by

336-461: Is 250 kJ (60 calories ). Fresh mango contains only vitamin C and folate in significant amounts of the Daily Value as 44% and 11%, respectively (table). The mango is the national fruit of India. It is also the national tree of Bangladesh. In India, harvest and sale of mangoes is during March–May and this is annually covered by news agencies. The mango has a traditional context in

384-462: Is also a drupe, but the mesocarp is fibrous or dry (termed a husk ), so this type of fruit is classified as a simple dry, fibrous drupe. Unlike other drupes, the coconut seed is so large that it is unlikely to be dispersed by being swallowed by fauna , but it can float extremely long distances—across oceans. Bramble fruits such as the blackberry and the raspberry are aggregates of drupelets. The fruit of blackberries and raspberries comes from

432-439: Is also added to cereal products such as muesli and oat granola . Mango is used to make juices , smoothies , ice cream , fruit bars, raspados , aguas frescas , pies , and sweet chili sauce , or mixed with chamoy , a sweet and spicy chili paste. In Central America, mango is either eaten green, mixed with salt, vinegar, black pepper , and hot sauce, or ripe in various forms. Pieces of mango can be mashed and used as

480-519: Is also used to make dahl and chunda (a sweet and spicy, grated mango delicacy). In Indonesian cuisine , unripe mango is processed into asinan , rujak and sambal pencit/mangga muda , or eaten with edible salt . Mangoes are used to make murabba (fruit preserves), muramba (a sweet, grated mango delicacy), amchur (dried and powdered unripe mango), and pickles, including a spicy mustard-oil pickle and alcohol. Ripe mangoes are cut into thin layers, desiccated , folded and then cut. The fruit

528-870: Is characterized by having monoembryonic fruits, while polyembryonic fruits characterize the Southeast Asian group. It was previously believed that mangoes originated from a single domestication event in South Asia before being spread to Southeast Asia, but a 2019 study found no evidence of a center of diversity in India. Instead, it identified a higher unique genetic diversity in Southeast Asian cultivars than in Indian cultivars, indicating that mangoes may have originally been domesticated first in Southeast Asia before being introduced to South Asia. However,

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576-588: Is composed of small, individual drupes (such as a raspberry ), each individual is termed a drupelet , and may together form an aggregate fruit. Such fruits are often termed berries , although botanists use a different definition of berry . Other fleshy fruits may have a stony enclosure that comes from the seed coat surrounding the seed, but such fruits are not drupes. Flowering plants that produce drupes include coffee , jujube , mango , olive , most palms (including açaí , date , sabal and oil palms ), pistachio , white sapote , cashew , and all members of

624-509: Is consumed throughout South Asia, prepared by mixing ripe mangoes or mango pulp with buttermilk and sugar. Ripe mangoes are also used to make curries. Aamras is a thick juice made of mangoes with sugar or milk and is consumed with chapatis or pooris . The pulp from ripe mangoes is also used to make jam called mangada . Andhra aavakaaya is a pickle made from raw, unripe, pulpy, and sour mango mixed with chili powder, fenugreek seeds, mustard powder , salt, and groundnut oil . Mango

672-644: Is cultivated extensively in South Asia , Southeast Asia , East and West Africa , the tropical and subtropical Americas, and the Caribbean . Mangoes are also grown in Andalusia , Spain (mainly in Málaga province ), as its coastal subtropical climate is one of the few places in mainland Europe that permits the growth of tropical plants and fruit trees. The Canary Islands are another notable Spanish producer of

720-615: Is leather-like, waxy, smooth, and fragrant, with colors ranging from green to yellow, yellow-orange, yellow-red, or blushed with various shades of red, purple, pink, or yellow when fully ripe. Ripe intact mangoes give off a distinctive resinous , sweet smell. Inside the pit 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) thick is a thin lining covering a single seed , 4–7 cm (1.6–2.8 in) long. Mangoes have recalcitrant seeds which do not survive freezing and drying. Mango trees grow readily from seeds, with germination success highest when seeds are obtained from mature fruits. Mangoes originated from

768-523: Is often swallowed, passing through the digestive tract , and returned to the soil in feces with the seed inside unharmed. This passage through the digestive tract can reduce the thickness of the endocarp, thus can aid in germination rates. The process is known as scarification . Typical drupes include apricots , olives , loquat , peaches , plums , cherries , mangoes , pecans , and amlas (Indian gooseberries). Other examples include sloe ( Prunus spinosa ) and ivy ( Hedera helix ). The coconut

816-557: Is referred to as ma-pala-vazhai . The classical Sanskrit poet Kalidasa sang the praises of mangoes. Mangoes were the subject of the mango cult in China during the Cultural Revolution as symbols of chairman Mao Zedong 's love for the people. Drupe The definitive characteristic of a drupe is that the hard, woody ( lignified ) stone is derived from the ovary wall of the flower . In an aggregate fruit , which

864-414: Is small and white with five petals 5–10 millimetres ( 3 ⁄ 16 – 3 ⁄ 8  in) long, with a mild, sweet fragrance. Over 500 varieties of mangoes are known, many of which ripen in summer, while some give a double crop. The fruit takes four to five months from flowering to ripening. The ripe fruit varies according to cultivar in size, shape, color, sweetness, and eating quality. Depending on

912-612: The 16th century from the Portuguese word manga , from the Malay mangga , and ultimately from the Tamil man ("mango tree") + kay ("unripe fruit/vegetable"). The scientific name, Mangifera indica , refers to a plant bearing mangoes in India. Mango trees grow to 30–40 metres (98–131 feet) tall, with a crown radius of 10–15 m (33–49 ft). The trees are long-lived, as some specimens still fruit after 300 years. In deep soil,

960-471: The Juglandaceae family grow within an outer husk; these fruits are technically drupes or drupaceous nuts, thus are not true botanical nuts . Many drupes, with their sweet, fleshy outer layer, attract the attention of animals as a food , and the plant population benefits from the resulting dispersal of its seeds . The endocarp (pit or stone) is sometimes dropped after the fleshy part is eaten, but

1008-537: The Sonoran Desert of North America. Drupe-like "fruits" are also known in many gymnosperms like cycads , ginkgos and some cypresses . Monoembryonic Monoembryony is the emergence of one and only one seedling from a seed . A seed giving two or more seedlings is polyembryonic . Some of the nuclear cells surrounding the embryo sac start dividing and protrude into the embryo sac and develop into embryos. This developmental biology article

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1056-417: The avocado , as a drupe, others describe avocado fruit as a berry. One definition of berry requires the endocarp to be less than 2 mm ( 3 ⁄ 32  in) thick, other fruits with a stony endocarp being drupes. In marginal cases, terms such as drupaceous or drupe-like may be used. The term stone fruit (also stonefruit ) can be a synonym for drupe or, more typically, it can mean just

1104-418: The provitamin A compound, beta-carotene , lutein and alpha-carotene , and polyphenols , such as quercetin , kaempferol , gallic acid , caffeic acid , catechins and tannins . Mango contains a unique xanthonoid called mangiferin . Phytochemical and nutrient content appears to vary across mango cultivars . Up to 25 different carotenoids have been isolated from mango pulp, the densest of which

1152-552: The taproot descends to a depth of 6 m (20 ft), with profuse, wide-spreading feeder roots and anchor roots penetrating deeply into the soil. The leaves are evergreen , alternate, simple, 15–35 centimetres (6–14 inches) long, and 6–16 cm ( 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 6 + 1 ⁄ 2  in) broad; when the leaves are young they are orange-pink, rapidly changing to a dark, glossy red, then dark green as they mature. The flowers are produced in terminal panicles 10–40 cm (4– 15 + 1 ⁄ 2  in) long; each flower

1200-484: The "turpentine mango" (named for its strong taste of turpentine ) to the Bullock's Heart. Dwarf or semidwarf varieties serve as ornamental plants and can be grown in containers. A wide variety of diseases can afflict mangoes. A breakthrough in mango cultivation was the use of potassium nitrate and ethrel to induce flowering in mangoes. The discovery was made by Filipino horticulturist Ramon Barba in 1974 and

1248-484: The 16th to the 17th centuries. From Brazil, it spread northwards to the Caribbean and eastern Mexico by the mid to late 18th century. The Spanish Empire also introduced mangoes directly from the Philippines to western Mexico via the Manila galleons from at least the 16th century. Mangoes were only introduced to Florida by 1833. The mango is now cultivated in most frost -free tropical and warmer subtropical climates. It

1296-432: The Philippines. Dried strips of sweet, ripe mango (sometimes combined with seedless tamarind to form mangorind ) are also consumed. Mangoes may be used to make juices, mango nectar , and as a flavoring and major ingredient in mango ice cream and sorbetes . Numerous phytochemicals are present in mango peel and pulp, such as the triterpene lupeol . Mango peel pigments under study include carotenoids , such as

1344-807: The authors also cautioned that the diversity in Southeast Asian mangoes might be the result of other reasons (like interspecific hybridization with other Mangifera species native to the Malesian ecoregion). Nevertheless, the existence of two distinct genetic populations also identified by the study indicates that the domestication of the mango is more complex than previously assumed and would at least indicate multiple domestication events in Southeast Asia and South Asia. There are hundreds of named mango cultivars. In mango orchards , several cultivars are often grown to improve pollination. Many desired cultivars are monoembryonic and must be propagated by grafting , or they do not breed true. A common monoembryonic cultivar

1392-907: The chemical composition of mango flavor, the biosynthesis of these chemicals has not been studied in depth; only a handful of genes encoding the enzymes of flavor biosynthetic pathways have been characterized to date. Contact with oils in mango leaves, stems, sap, and skin can cause dermatitis and anaphylaxis in susceptible individuals. Those with a history of contact dermatitis induced by urushiol (an allergen found in poison ivy , poison oak , or poison sumac ) may be most at risk for mango contact dermatitis. Other mango compounds potentially responsible for dermatitis or allergic reactions include mangiferin . Cross-reactions may occur between mango allergens and urushiol. Sensitized individuals may not be able to eat peeled mangos or drink mango juice safely. When mango trees are flowering in spring, local people with allergies may experience breathing difficulty, itching of

1440-605: The court of the Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khijli . The Mughal Empire was especially fond of the fruits: Babur praises the mango in his Babarnameh . At the same time, Sher Shah Suri inaugurated the creation of the Chaunsa variety after his victory over the Mughal emperor Humayun . Mughal patronage of horticulture led to the grafting of thousands of mangoes varieties, including the famous Totapuri , which

1488-794: The cultivar 'Tommy Atkins' , a seedling of 'Haden' that first fruited in 1940 in southern Florida and was initially rejected commercially by Florida researchers. Growers and importers worldwide have embraced the cultivar for its excellent productivity and disease resistance, shelf life , transportability, size, and appealing color. Although the Tommy Atkins cultivar is commercially successful, other cultivars may be preferred by consumers for eating pleasure, such as Alphonso. Generally, ripe mangoes have an orange-yellow or reddish peel and are juicy for eating, while exported fruit are often picked while underripe with green peels. Although producing ethylene while ripening, unripened exported mangoes do not have

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1536-411: The cultivar, fruits are variously yellow, orange, red, or green. The fruit has a single flat, oblong pit that can be fibrous or hairy on the surface and does not separate easily from the pulp. The fruits may be somewhat round, oval, or kidney -shaped, ranging from 5–25 centimetres (2–10 in) in length and from 140 grams (5 oz) to 2 kilograms (5 lb) in weight per individual fruit. The skin

1584-668: The culture of South Asia. In his edicts , the Mauryan emperor Ashoka references the planting of fruit- and shade-bearing trees along imperial roads: "On the roads banyan -trees were caused to be planted by me, (in order that) they might afford shade to cattle and men, (and) mango-groves were caused to be planted." In medieval India, the Indo-Persian poet Amir Khusrau termed the mango " Naghza Tarin Mewa Hindustan " – "the fairest fruit of Hindustan". Mangoes were enjoyed at

1632-557: The eyes, or facial swelling, even before flower pollen becomes airborne. In this case, the irritant is likely to be the vaporized essential oil from flowers. During the primary ripening season of mangoes, contact with mango plant parts – primarily sap , leaves, and fruit skin – is the most common cause of plant dermatitis in Hawaii. A raw mango is 84% water, 15% carbohydrates , 1% protein , and has negligible fat (table). The energy value per 100 g (3.5 oz) serving of raw mango

1680-517: The fruit of the genus Prunus . Freestone refers to a drupe having a stone which can be removed from the flesh with ease. The flesh is not attached to the stone and does not need to be cut to free the stone. Freestone varieties of fruits are preferred for uses that require careful removal of the stone, especially if removal will be done by hand. Freestone plums are preferred for making homegrown prunes , and freestone sour cherries are preferred for making pies and cherry soup . Clingstone refers to

1728-629: The fruit. Other minor cultivators include North America (in South Florida and the California Coachella Valley ), Hawai'i, and Australia. Many commercial cultivars are grafted onto the cold-hardy rootstock of the Gomera-1 mango cultivar, originally from Cuba. Its root system is well adapted to a coastal Mediterranean climate. Many of the 1,000+ mango cultivars are easily cultivated using grafted saplings, ranging from

1776-417: The genus Prunus , including the almond , apricot , cherry , damson , peach , nectarine , and plum . The term drupaceous is applied to a fruit having the structure and texture of a drupe, but which does not precisely fit the definition of a drupe. The boundary between a drupe and a berry is not always clear. Thus, some sources describe the fruit of species from the genus Persea , which includes

1824-415: The lactones and furanones are synthesized during ripening, whereas terpenes and the other flavorants are present in both the developing (immature) and ripening fruits. Ethylene , a ripening-related hormone well known to be involved in ripening of mango fruits, causes changes in the flavor composition of mango fruits upon exogenous application, as well. In contrast to the huge amount of information available on

1872-539: The majority of which are found in the Malesian ecoregion. Worldwide, there are several hundred cultivars of mango . 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. Mango is the national fruit of India , Pakistan and the Philippines , while the mango tree is the national tree of Bangladesh. The English word mango (plural "mangoes" or "mangos") originated in

1920-501: The potential to cause contact dermatitis of the lips, gingiva , or tongue in susceptible people. Mangoes are used in many cuisines. Sour, unripe mangoes are used in chutneys (i.e., mango chutney ), pickles , daals and other side dishes in Indian cuisine . A summer drink called aam panna is made with mangoes. Mango pulp made into jelly or cooked with red gram dhal and green chilies may be served with cooked rice. Mango lassi

1968-428: The region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. The mango is considered an evolutionary anachronism , whereby seed dispersal was once accomplished by a now- extinct evolutionary forager , such as a megafauna mammal. From their center of origin, mangoes diverged into two genetically distinct populations: the subtropical Indian group and the tropical Southeast Asian group. The Indian group

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2016-583: The same juiciness or flavor as fresh fruit. From tropical Asia, mangoes were introduced to East Africa by Arab and Persian traders in the ninth to tenth centuries. The 14th-century Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta reported it at Mogadishu . It was spread further into other areas around the world during the Colonial Era . The Portuguese Empire spread the mango from their colony in Goa to East and West Africa. From West Africa, they introduced it to Brazil from

2064-431: The same volatile chemicals in different quantities. In general, New World mango cultivars are characterized by the dominance of δ-3-carene, a monoterpene flavorant; whereas, high concentration of other monoterpenes such as (Z)-ocimene and myrcene, as well as the presence of lactones and furanones, is the unique feature of Old World cultivars. In India, 'Alphonso' is one of the most popular cultivars. In 'Alphonso' mango,

2112-533: The worship of the goddess Saraswati . Mango leaves decorate archways and doors in Indian houses during weddings and celebrations such as Ganesh Chaturthi . Mango motifs and paisleys are widely used in different Indian embroidery styles, and are found in Kashmiri shawls, Kanchipuram and silk sarees . In Tamil Nadu , the mango is referred to as one of the three royal fruits, along with banana and jackfruit , for their sweetness and flavor. This triad of fruits

2160-404: Was 59 million tonnes , led by India with 44% of the total (table). Mangoes are generally sweet, although the taste and texture of the flesh vary across cultivars; some, such as Alphonso , have a soft, pulpy, juicy texture similar to an overripe plum , while others, such as Tommy Atkins , are firmer with a fibrous texture. The skin of unripe, pickled , or cooked mango can be eaten, but it has

2208-466: Was beta-carotene, which accounts for the yellow-orange pigmentation of most mango cultivars. Mango leaves also have significant polyphenol content, including xanthonoids , mangiferin and gallic acid. The flavor of mango fruits is conferred by several volatile organic chemicals mainly belonging to terpene , furanone , lactone , and ester classes. Different varieties or cultivars of mangoes can have flavors made up of different volatile chemicals or

2256-416: Was developed from the unique traditional method of inducing mango flowering using smoke in the Philippines. It allowed mango plantations to induce regular flowering and fruiting year-round. Previously, mangoes were seasonal because they only flowered every 16 to 18 months. The method is now used in most mango-producing countries. In 2022, world production of mangoes (report includes mangosteens and guavas )

2304-474: Was the first variety to be exported to Iran and Central Asia. Akbar (1556–1605) is said to have planted a mango orchard of 100,000 trees near Darbhanga , Bihar, while Jahangir and Shah Jahan ordered the planting of mango orchards in Lahore and Delhi and the creation of mango-based desserts. The Jain goddess Ambika is traditionally represented as sitting under a mango tree. Mango blossoms are also used in

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