The mango is an edible stone fruit of the tropical tree Mangifera indica, which originated in the northeastern part of South Asia, in what is now Bangladesh, northeastern India and Myanmar. Long cultivation across South and Southeast Asia produced two distinct cultivar lineages, the Indian and Southeast Asian types, and mango is the national fruit of India, Pakistan and the Philippines. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Scientific Name Domestication RegionNortheastern part of South Asia (Bangladesh, northeastern India, Myanmar) 1 Connections
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The oriental fruit fly is one of the most damaging quarantine pests of mango across Asia.
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A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree Mangifera indica.
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Mangifera indica
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A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree Mangifera indica.
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It originated in the northeastern part of the South Asia, in what is now Bangladesh, northeastern India and Myanmar.
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The mango is an edible stone fruit of the tropical tree Mangifera indica, which originated in the northeastern part of South Asia, in what is now Bangladesh, northeastern India and Myanmar.
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