Editing Mango (section)

{{short description|Tropical fruit}}
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[[File:Mangos - single and halved.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|Mango fruits – single and halved]]

A '''mango''' is an edible [[drupe|stone fruit]] produced by the tropical tree ''[[Mangifera indica]]''. It originated from the region between northwestern [[Myanmar]], [[Bangladesh]], and northeastern [[India]].<ref name="Kuhn"/><ref name="Warschefsky"/> ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in [[South Asia|South]] and Southeast Asia since ancient times resulting in two types of modern mango cultivars: the "Indian type" and the "Southeast Asian type".<ref name="Kuhn"/><ref name="Warschefsky"/> Other species in the genus ''[[Mangifera]]'' also produce edible fruits that are also called "mangoes", the majority of which are found in the [[Malesia]]n ecoregion.<ref name="Sherman">{{cite journal |last1=Sherman |first1=Amir |last2=Rubinstein |first2=Mor |last3=Eshed |first3=Ravit |last4=Benita |first4=Miri |last5=Ish-Shalom |first5=Mazal |last6=Sharabi-Schwager |first6=Michal |last7=Rozen |first7=Ada |last8=Saada |first8=David |last9=Cohen |first9=Yuval |last10=Ophir |first10=Ron |title=Mango (''Mangifera indica'' L.) germplasm diversity based on single nucleotide polymorphisms derived from the transcriptome |journal=BMC Plant Biology |date=December 2015 |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=277 |doi=10.1186/s12870-015-0663-6 |pmid=26573148 |pmc=4647706 |doi-access=free |issn=1471-2229}}</ref>

Worldwide, there are several hundred [[List of mango cultivars|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.<ref name="Morton">{{cite book |last=Morton|first=Julia Frances|date=1987 |title=Mango. In: Fruits of Warm Climates |publisher=NewCROP, New Crop Resource Online Program, Center for New Crops & Plant Products, Purdue University |pages=221–239 |url=https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/mango_ars.html|isbn=978-0-9610184-1-2}}</ref> Mango is the [[national fruit]] of [[India]], [[Pakistan]] and the [[Philippines]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Pakistani mango: The king of fruits | date = 13 August 2019 | url = https://www.arabnews.com/node/1539616/world | publisher = ArabNews}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mangoes In The Philippines|url=https://croplife.org/news-views/sharing-the-story/mangoes-from-the-philippines/|website=CropLife}}</ref> while the mango tree is the [[List of national trees|national tree]] of Bangladesh.<ref name="bdnews24.com">{{cite web |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2010/11/15/mango-tree-national-tree |title=Mango tree, national tree |date=15 November 2010 |access-date=16 November 2013}}</ref>

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