Dasheri
Variety of Mango · Mangifera indica
North India's aromatic classic from Malihabad – slender, fibreless and richly perfumed.
Also known as: Dashehari, Dussehri
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
sweettenderaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Nordindische Landsorte (Lucknow/Malihabad)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 180 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium, elongated, greenish-yellow fruit with fibreless, sweet, strongly aromatic flesh and a small seed.
Growth
Regularly bearing tree; backbone of the famous mango groves of Malihabad.
Yield
North Indian harvest June to July.
Notes
A historic 'mother tree' near Lucknow is regarded as the origin of all Dasheri trees.
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