Mango is a tasty tropical fruit.
Mango is a sweet, tasty & juicy tropical drupe fruit (Stone fruit) cultivated from multiple tropical trees.
These are a variety of flowering plants in the genus Mangifera, cultured for their edible, tasty, mesmerising fruit all over India, Asia, and other countries.
The drupe fruit, which has a tropical origin, is the best health supplement fruit. The complete tree is so helpful that in Sanskrit, the tree is called Kalpavriksha, which means that its Leaves, fruit, bark, and roots are all useful.
Mango
Mango is a sweet, yummy fruit that tastes marvellous. There are lots of varieties in India.
Scientific Name : Mangifera indica
Historians have found that it originated in the Indian area, including Bangladesh, Myanmar, and northeastern India.
Earlier historians and travellers who used to travel in India or Indian travellers who used to go out of India suggest in their articles that it originated in India.
Then, it was propagated to the rest of the world and South East Asia due to its lovely taste of the King of fruit.
Scientific and Technical Description
Family: Anacardiaceae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Species: indica
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Sub-Class: Rosidae
Scientific name: Mangifera indica L.
Order: Sapindales
Rank: Species
Genus: Mangifera
Higher classification: Mangifera
It is the favourite King of fruit for Indians and everyone worldwide due to its variety and sweet taste.
It can be consumed directly or used to produce multiple desserts and smoothies, such as cake, mousse, kulfi, kheer, Etc.
There are many varieties available in this, which you can use to make various dishes.
The Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is the most inexpensive tropical fruit crop in the Cashew family Anacardiaceae, also known as the Sumac Family (or poison ivy family).
This family is of flowering plants. It includes nearly 83 genera and approximately 580 to 860 known species.
Other significant members of the tropical family:
- Pistachio (Pistacia vera)
- Cashew (Anacardium occidentale)
- Wild cashew (Anacardium occidentale)
- Gandaria (Bouea gandaria)
- Pepper tree (Schinus molle)
- Smoke tree (Cotinus)
- Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
- Mombins (Spondias spp.).
These members of trees are local to the warm subtropical and tropical provinces of the world.
The name Anacardium originated in Greek and was applied to the externally situated core of the fruit or nut's heart.
Cardium in greek means "heart while ana means "upward," so the meaning is upward heart."
A few of these family representatives are in temperate regions, with leaves containing caustic oils, barks, and fruits and prominent resinous bark (which means bark that grows resin needlessly, in forms below the bark).
In addition to its tasty fruit, the Anacardiaceous breed produces other precious products, such as varnishes, wood, resins, gums, honey, wax, and tanning.
Many people may have allergic irritation if they have a poison ivy allergy. It is known for the dermal irritation produced by some of its members.
Those with poison ivy allergies may also be allergic to cashew nuts and pistachios.
It may cause some form of dermatitis in humans if they are allergic to the same (it is the rarest percentage of humans who have an allergy. Instead, people love this fruit). Hence, it is incredible that the world's most beloved fruit crops come from this family.
From which habitat Mangifera Indica belongs?
It is a thousand-year-old fruit native to South Asia. India is the mainland, where 53% of this fruit is grown, and it is distributed throughout subtropical climates. Apart from India, it is found in parts of Africa, America, Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
Description of Mangifera Indica Plant:
The plant is very high, with an approximate height of 20-45 mt.
It has a strong trunk, dome-shaped structure, and ever-going green.
The tree contains leaves with red, green, and yellow-colored flowers. It can produce different kinds of fruit of various shapes and sizes, and the taste of each fruit varies.
The average life of this plant is 250-300 years.
What is the practical use?
Each stage is used in different ways. It is the fruit you can use when it is raw/unripe and sweet. Here, have a look at its practical use.
- Unripe/raw: It has a sour taste, looks dry and tart, and has Pitts doshas.
- It is used to make pickles of different varieties and drained out to store.
- Sour: The taste is also bitter, which can cause imbalances like menstrual problems and gout, but it is suitable for the heart and skin.
- Sweet: At this stage, It is used mainly because of the sweeter taste. It helps make a mouth-watering recipe and improves to treat problems like paralysis, bloating neuralgia, and constipation.
Synonyms
- Scientific name: Mangifera indica
- English name: Mangue
- Hindi name: Aam
- Marathi Name: Amba
- Sanskrit name
- Aamra
- Bhringabeeshta.
- आम्रम्:Amram
- रसालम्: salaam
- अतिसौरभ:at Saurabh
- मधुदूत: Madhu doot
- पिक वल्लभ: pikvallabh
- वसंत दूत: Vasant doot
- कोकिलोत्सव: kokilotsava
- शुकप्रिय: shukpriya
- मन्मथावास : manmathavaas.
- Gujarati: કેરી
- Kannada: ಮಾವು
- Tamil : Mankani, மாங்கனி
- Bangla: আম
- Punjabi: Aba, ਅੰਬ
- Greek: mán'nko
So, we call this fruit the magical fruit, which is associated with several benefits. You can also make several desserts.
Suppose you ever travel to a part where people cannot come under Aam. In that case, you can call its scientific name, i.e., Mangifera Indica.
Mango tree
A tree grows mainly in the tropical region of the world.
It needs a temperature above 30°F.
It damages the tree if the temperature goes below 30°F for a continuous time.
There are individual trees in India that are nearly 36 to 42 meters in height with a canopy top radius of 10 to 11 meters (around 33 to 35 feet)
The world's most enormous tree is in Bangladesh, which is half a hectare.
In Konkan, there are two types of trees: a bigger version, which is high in height, and another, a dwarf, called Ropdal in Marathi.
How many Mangoes does a tree produce?
In the age group of 20-plus years, a tree bears nearly 900 to 3500 fruits annually.
After the tree reaches thirty to fifty years, the fruit-bearing capacity declines.
How long does a grafted Alphonso Mango tree take to bear fruit?
It takes around five to six years to bear fruit on a tree. Because by this time, it is sufficiently mature to bear the tasty fruits.
How many times does a mango tree produce fruit?
After the tree becomes mature enough to bear fruit, i.e., after 5 to 6 years, in a starting period of 9 to 10 years, there is an excellent fruit-bearing, which you will get a harvest of each year from the tree.
Once you complete 15 years of the life of a tree, the tree may leave a year's gap in each flowering and bear fruits in alternate years only.
Mango Flower
Each tree generally flowers in winter in Konkan, from October to November; this year, however, it has been delayed to February due to unseasonal rains.
Flowers are produced on terminal panicles or clusters, four to seventeen inches in length of the branch.
This flowering is called a Motor or Amba Mohor in the Local Indian Language.
Now you can understand why Alphonso Mango is always costly.
Each flower comes with white petals, which are small in shape and carry a mild, sweet, tasty aroma.
The flowers are pollinated by insects or air, and it is doubtful that less than 1 per cent of the flowers will mature to form a fruit.
Flowering on the fruit tree is a beautiful scenic sight, and you will enjoy the same.
Mango Leaves
The leaves are green and lush, beautifying the tree, which is four to sixteen inches long, nearly one and a half to four inches wide, and almost 1 to 2 mm thick.
We often overlook the shiny green leaves that make trees so good-looking than other trees.
Some people in India consume leaves directly.
Leaves have great cultural importance in Asian countries like India.
Leaves are used for pooja and worship of gods and goddesses.
Leaves are a symbol of prosperity due to their lush green colour.
Most Indian people use Kalash (a utensil or water pot) during their rituals in multiple Hindu pooja vidhi (Ceremonies).
At the same time, leaves symbolise the lib of god and goddess with a single coconut on the Kumbha or Kalash.
Leaves signify the goddess Lakshmi, which gives you prosperity and removes negativity from your life.
Every part of this fantastic and marvellous fruit is used for different purposes. Medical benefits are associated with seeds, pulp, leaves, bark, and fruit.
Aam is the common name to which people of India can relate to this fruit, while it is the English name.
But do you know its botanical name? Mangifera indica is the scientific name of the tree.
Sometimes, on the occasions of Dasera, Diwali, Gudipadwa, and Sankrant, a garland of leaves or toran is hung on the house's entrance and door.
In marriages and pooja, vidhi leaves are hung on the gate, which is for welcoming Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Vishnu to your home or function.
Instead, in the Marriage ceremony, a small branch of a tree with banana trees is placed at the entrance.
Leaves are rich in antioxidants with Minerals like potassium, magnesium, and copper.
It is also rich in Vitamins like vitamins A and C.
Most diabetic people eat these leaves for multiple benefits.
Some consume leaves directly; some of them, whose leaves are not easily accessible, can drink tea.
Mango Leaves Health Benefits
The leaves are rich in medicinal values, as per Ayurveda and herbal science, the Upanishads, and Sushruta, Baidyanath.
The following are health benefits:
Acts like Blood Glucose Regulators help regulate diabetes.
- Leaves contain tannins, which are called anthocyanidins.
- Plant pigments, the sugar-free partners of anthocyanins
- Anthocyanidins offer anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, and anti-cancer benefits.
- Help in the treatment of early diabetes
Heals burns and burn marks.
Apply leaves ash on the burn.
It soothes the skin and slowly relieves the part where there are burning aches.
Help in Dysentery
Leaves are the best medicine for bleeding dysentery.
It would help if you took a decoction of leaves nearly two to three times a day.
Lowers Blood Pressure
- With Hypotensive properties
- Helps in Varicose veins
- Helps to strengthen blood nerves and vessels
The best remedy for Earaches
Clean leaves gently under running water and make a decoction of leaves and water. Once the decoction is Lukewarm or bearable temperature, reduce it to one-fourth. Please put it in the ear like eardrops. It acts as a pain killer.
Controls Anxiety and Restlessness
- You can add 400 grams of dried leaves to your water while bath and a cup of leave tea will help you relax and keep you calm.
It helps with Kidney stones and gallstones
- Leaves tea, if you drink it three times a day, will help dissolve gallstones and kidney stones.
- You can mix nearly 5 grams of leaf powder in a glass of water, let it rest overnight, and drink it in the early morning before any food; it helps in gallstones and kidney stones.
Asthma, Respiratory problems, Cold and Bronchitis
- Prepare leaves connotation with a spoon of honey, boil the water till half and drink it to help with respiratory problems.
Best Natural Mouthwash for continued stinking mouth
- Put leaves or leaves powder in water, boil-like tea, and rinse with this mixture.
Mango Fruit
Each tree gets essential sunlight. Fruit that gets more sunlight gets a reddish blush at the stem end.
Due to the weight of the fruit, the branches may bow down due to fruit weight.
It takes approximately four months to mature this sweet fruit.
Each fruit is hand-harvested and transported to the nearest packing house after choosing the condition of maturity only.
You usually enjoy the freshness in orchards because they absorb more carbon dioxide from the environment than other trees, using it to form the trees' lush green leaves, fruit, trunk, and branches.
The trees produce and release an excellent oxygen level into the environment during this photosynthesis and breathing.
It is a beautiful living thing that gives back to Mother Nature and the planet with high oxygen, medicinal values of the tree, and tasty fruit, which always helps you grow in Mother Nature's arms.
There are nearly 1500 varieties, and commercial variety counts for approximately 1000 varieties are known.
In India, 300 types are known, out of which nearly 34 are known as standard varieties.