Mango
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Alphonso
- #1
- Small, roundish
- Smooth flesh. Intense reddish-orange colour
- Intensely sweet and flavoured
- Virtually without fibre
- Smooth pale to deep orange peel (deepening with ripening)
- Originally from Western India
- Main production in Maharashtra and Gujarat
- Highest quality in Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Raigad and Thane districts
- Harvested from early April to early July (India)
Sindhri
- #2
- Elongated with pointy curve
- Exceptionally sweet and flavoured
- Deep matt yellow thin peel, somewhat wrinkly when ripe
- Deep yellow-orange flesh; soft and melting
- Originally from Mir Pur Khas
- Harvested from early June to July (Pakistan)
Chau(n)sa
- #3
- Exceptionally sweet
- Soft, succulent flesh
- Minimum of fibre
- Thin, pale, matt yellow peel (wrinkly and slightly deeper when ripe)
- Originally from the Rahim Yar Khan and Multan districts of Punjab in Pakistan
- Harvested from early July to early September (Pakistan)
Maya
- #4
- Small, round
- Extremely sweet and flavoured
- Red blush peel (with yellow tinge when ripe)
- Deep yellow flesh (soft when ripe)
- Virtually without fibre, smooth
- Harvested from mid-June to early July (Gambia)
Ataulfo
- #6
- Small
- Pale green to yellow (yellow to orange when ripe)
- Deep yellow flesh, without fibre
- Smooth and buttery flesh
- Spicy flavour
- Originally from Indonesia
- Harvest from mid-October to late December (Ecuador)