Re: [Assam] On Origin of Mango in Assam

[Anjan K. Nath]

Dear Rajen, Thanks for passing this along.  Very informative and illuminating. Incidentally, Mango is called "man-guo" in Chinese, where guo is fruit  (suei-guo).   Sad though that there are no organized orchards and farms in Assam that cultivate quality mangoes.  Most of the mangoes in the market come from outside the state.  Another sad thing is that even though India is the second largest producer of fruit in the world (next only to Brazil), it's exports are disappointingly low.  Even Taiwan exports more mangoes than does India and interestingly, most of the mango species originated in India and acclimatized and adapted to Taiwan by an Indian scientist who now heads the Argri-Horticultural research centre here!!   Anjan ----- Original Message ----- From: Rajen Barua To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 2:35 PM Subject: [Assam] On Origin of Mango in Assam Rana Gogoi: Thank you for the discussion of origin of Mango in Assam. I found this site about origin of Mango in Assam which you talked about. It is interesting to note that the common mango might have originated in Assam north east India and spread all over. ... Rajen Barua     MANGO BOTANY AND TAXONOMY