An interactive atlas of 29 popular mango varieties from across the world — origins, seasons, flavours, and cultural context for each cultivar. Built by HueGrid Studio.
About this project
Mangoes of the World is a passion project from HueGrid Studio, built slowly — one variety at a time — to celebrate the world’s most beloved fruit and the languages, regions, and rituals around it.
There are an estimated 1,000–2,000+ named mango cultivars worldwide; India alone counts well over a thousand in its national registry. The 29 varieties featured here are a curated selection — the ones most commonly grown, eaten, and celebrated across each producing country. Future phases will broaden the catalog.
Facts for each variety cite specific references on its detail page info card. The catalog draws on 92 sources in total; below is a summary of the most common resource types:
Wikipedia — cultivar articles (quick reference across most varieties)
National Horticulture Board (NHB), India — official cultivar database
ICAR institutes (CISH Lucknow, IIHR Bangalore) — Indian variety profiles
State agricultural universities — Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, TNAU, BCKV, ANGRAU, and others
Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) — Thai and Japanese cultivars
USDA Subtropical Horticulture Research Station (Miami) — Florida heritage cultivars
Department of Agriculture, Thailand — Nam Dok Mai, Chok Anan, Maha Chanok, Khiao Sawoei
Pakistan Agricultural Research Council & PHDEC — Sindhri, Chaunsa
Philippines Bureau of Plant Industry & CARDI — Carabao, Julie
National and regional industry boards — APEDA, Mexican Mango Board, Australian Mangoes, National Mango Board (USA)
The Mango: Botany, Production and Uses (CABI, 2009) — reference text
Varieties (29)
Alphonso(also: Hapus, Aapoos) — Often called the king of mangoes for its rich aroma and silky, non-fibrous flesh.
Ambika(also: Amrapali × Janardan Pasand hybrid) — ICAR-bred late-season hybrid (Amrapali × Janardan Pasand) released in 2000 — deep orange flesh, excellent shelf life, well-suited to high-density planting.
Ataulfo(also: Honey, Champagne, Mango Manila, Ataulfito, Adolfo) — Mexico's signature dessert mango — small, kidney-shaped, with thin yellow skin, famously buttery flesh and an unusually small flat seed. The cultivar that reshaped North America's understanding of mango quality.
Banganapalli(also: Beneshan, Safeda, Banginapalli, Chappatai) — Andhra Pradesh's flagship mango — large, oval, golden, fibre-free, and the canonical 'sliced mango' fruit of South India. The first Indian mango to win Geographical Indication protection.
Carabao(also: Manila Mango, Philippine Mango, Manggang Kalabaw) — The Philippines' national mango — long, slim, sickle-shaped, golden when ripe; once recognised by Guinness as the world's sweetest commercial mango. The flagship Filipino cultivar and the focus of the country's mango export industry.
Chaunsa(also: Chausa, Sweet Chaunsa, White Chaunsa, Honey Chaunsa) — Pakistan's most celebrated export cultivar — intensely sweet, fragrant, with dripping syrupy pulp; the country's flagship mango and the centrepiece of summer gifting culture across Punjab.
Chausa(also: Chaunsa, Sher Shah's Mango) — Late-season North Indian mango with golden-yellow skin, juicy honeyed flesh, and a thick perfume — eaten by squeezing and sucking the chilled fruit.
Chok Anan(also: Choc Anan, Chok-Anan, Miracle Mango, Bandam Krua Bai) — Thai cultivar that can bear in and out of season — sometimes called the 'miracle mango' for its near-year-round availability under controlled-flowering programmes. Widely grown across Southeast Asia for off-season export.
Dasheri(also: Dussehri, Dasheri Aam) — Long, fragrant Lucknow native — fibre-less and intensely sweet, eaten by squeezing the pulp from the skin.
Fazli(also: Fajli) — An exceptionally large late-season mango (often over 700g, sometimes 1 kg+) from the Malda-Bihar-Bangladesh tri-region; valued more for processing — chutneys, pulps, pickles — than for premium fresh eating.
Haden — The 1910 Florida seedling that became the genetic parent of most modern commercial mangoes — Tommy Atkins, Kent, Keitt, Palmer all descend from it. The cultivar that reshaped the global mango supply chain.
Himsagar(also: Khirsapati, Khirsapat) — Bengal's pride — silky-smooth saffron pulp with virtually no fibre; widely considered the equal of Alphonso in flavour and the canonical input for Bengali aam mishti.
Julie — The most prized mango of the Caribbean — a small dwarf-tree cultivar with intensely sweet, perfumed flesh; the canonical backyard fruit of Trinidad, Saint Lucia, Dominica and Grenada.
Keitt — Late-season Florida cultivar that stays green even when fully ripe; one of the largest commercial mangoes in the world, beloved in Asian markets as a green-eating mango.
Kesar(also: Gir Kesar, Kesar Aam) — Recognised by the saffron hue of its pulp; the western Indian flagship cultivar and the second mango after Ratnagiri Alphonso to win Geographical Indication protection.
Khiao Sawoei(also: Keow Savoy, Khieo Sawoei, Khiew Sawoei) — Thailand's iconic green-skinned mango — eaten unripe-crunchy with chilli-salt-sugar dips, in som tam mamuang salads, or fully ripe when pale-amber and softer.
Langra(also: Banarasi Langra, Langda) — Banaras-born green-skinned mango that stays green even when ripe — loved for its complex balance of sweetness, acidity, and a faintly resinous aroma.
Maha Chanok(also: Mahachanok) — Thai hybrid cultivar with an elongated, sunset-coloured fruit and refined fragrance; eaten fresh, sliced over rice desserts, or exported to East Asia.
Malgova(also: Mulgoba, Mulgoa, Malgoa) — Round, heavy Tamil Nadu cultivar — dense fragrant flesh, unusually small stone, and a defining role in global mango breeding history as the genetic parent of Florida's Haden mango.
Miyazaki(also: Taiyō no Tamago, Sun's Egg, Irwin Mango) — Japan's flagship luxury mango — tree-ripened Irwin cultivar grown under glasshouse care in Miyazaki Prefecture; top grades sell as gift fruit at department-store prices.
Nam Dok Mai(also: Flower Water Mango, Nam Dok Mai Si Thong (the golden sub-strain)) — Thailand's signature dessert mango — long, slim, golden-yellow, fibre-free, perfumed; the canonical mango sliced over warm sticky rice with coconut cream in *khao niao mamuang*.
Okinawan(also: Apple Mango, Irwin, アップルマンゴー) — Japan's warm-climate mango — an Irwin cultivar grown across Okinawa's main islands, famous for vivid red skin and ripe-tropical sweetness. More accessible (and slightly less sweet) than Miyazaki's Taiyō no Tamago grade.
Palmer(also: Manga Palmer) — Brazil's flagship export cultivar — a Florida-bred Haden descendant grown in the irrigated São Francisco valley; ships counter-seasonally into European supermarkets and dominates the EU mango shelf September–February.
R2E2(also: Artoo, Queensland Mango) — Australia's flagship modern mango — large, red-blushed, firm-fleshed, shelf-stable; bred at Queensland DPI in 1991 and now the country's primary export cultivar to East Asia and the Gulf.
Sindhri(also: Queen of Mangoes) — The first major mango of the Pakistani season — large, oval, pale-skinned, with juicy lemon-gold flesh; often called the 'Queen of Mangoes' to complement Chaunsa's 'King' status.
Suvarnarekha(also: Sundari, Sona) — Slender, gold-flushed Andhra cultivar celebrated for its glossy skin and balanced sweet-sour profile; popular in coastal Andhra and lower Krishna Godavari delta orchards.
Tommy Atkins — The most-grown commercial mango in the world — bred for shelf life, colour, and shipping rather than flavour. Mexican Tommy Atkins is the cultivar most US, Canadian, and EU supermarket shoppers picture when they think 'mango'.
Totapuri(also: Bangalora, Ginimoothi, Sandersha, Killimooku, Collector Mango) — The beaked, tart-sweet workhorse of South Indian mango processing — the dominant pulp-industry cultivar in India, supplying the canned mango concentrate that fuels global mango-flavoured products.
Vasanji(also: Vasanthi) — Konkan-coast cultivar with intensely aromatic pulp — often passed off as (and sometimes mistaken for) Alphonso; a regional rival rather than a sibling, with a distinct subtler flavour.
Mango-growing countries featured
Australia — R2E2 and Kensington Pride dominate Australian production — large, red-blushed fruit grown across Queensland and the Northern Territory, harvested as the northern hemisphere season ends.
Brazil — Brazil's Vale do São Francisco supplies year-round Tommy Atkins and Palmer to Europe and North America — modern, irrigated, export-driven production.
Caribbean — Across Dominica, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Jamaica, varieties like Julie, Number 11 and East Indian thrive — small, intensely sweet, and eaten green-with-pepper-and-salt or fully ripe in season.
India — The world's largest mango producer and the birthplace of the fruit — thousands of named cultivars across regional cuisines, from the Ratnagiri Alphonso to the Lucknow Dasheri.
Japan — Japan's tropical south — Miyazaki and Okinawa — grows tree-ripened Irwin-cultivar mangoes under glasshouse care; Miyazaki's 'Taiyō no Tamago' (Sun's Egg) is the country's flagship luxury fruit.
Mexico — Mexico is the top exporter to North America — the Ataulfo (Honey/Champagne) put Mexican mangoes on the global map with its compact stone and rich, butter-yellow flesh.
Pakistan — Sindhri and Chaunsa are Pakistan's flagship exports — intensely sweet, fragrant, and short-seasoned, harvested from the orchards of Sindh and southern Punjab.
Philippines — The Carabao (or 'Philippine mango') was once listed in Guinness as the sweetest in the world — long, slim, golden, and central to Filipino dessert culture.
Thailand — Nam Dok Mai is Thailand's iconic dessert mango — slim, golden, fibre-free, served sliced over sticky rice with coconut cream.
United States — Florida cultivars like Haden, Tommy Atkins and Keitt shaped the modern global commercial mango — selected for shelf life, colour, and shipping rather than flavour intensity.