Mango cultivation

Color Code red-tan, orange-yellow, green (mango has numerous culti-vars, or cultivated varieties, of different colors)... 

The fruit that tops my list is the mango. Among the world s most widely cultivated and most popular fruits, the mango originated in the Indian subcontinent and Asia. Mangoes account for about half of all tropical... 

Fruits are usually fleshy and juicy and are eaten for their aromatic and refreshing taste. The fruit species are well represented in ecosystems (e.g. arid, semi-arid, tropical, subtropical and temperate), in the highlands as well as the lowlands the species can also be annual or perennial. Although there are thousands of fruit species in the world, only a few are cultivated and these include banana, mango, pineapple, papaya, avocado, citrus, grape, watermelons, peach, muskmelon, date, apricot, apple, pear, plum and strawberry. There are also many wild species that are not yet exploited... 

It is an unfortunate fact that many inhabitants of tropical countries suffer from lack of fresh fruits and real starvation in densely populated hot regions such as India may be averted by the cultivation of high food value fruit trees such as avocado and mango on a large scale. The utilization of the fruit by-products such as kernel or seeds can also contribute a significant amount of edible oil and protein to the diets of native people. A number of research groups have begun a systematic search for new sources of fat and oils for supplementation of traditional oils or imported oils. These new and novel sources of oil may find uses not only for edible purposes but also for industrial raw material and as the base stock for cosmetic formulations. 

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