Mangos are a fleshy stone fruit native to South Asia and distributed around the world, becoming one of the most cultivated fruits in the tropics. The ripe fruit varies in size and color ranging from yellow, orange, red to green. The single flat oblong pit can be fibrous and hairy, making it difficult to separate from the pulp. Since the scent can't be extracted in nature, perfumers reproduce it.
Mangoes have been cultivated in South Asia for thousands of years and arrived in East Asia between the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. Cultivation had already begun in East Africa in the 10th century A.D., and in the 14th century Moroccan traveler, Ibn Battuta, reported seeing it at Mogadishu. Later, cultivation reached Brazil, the West Indies and Mexico, which all have ideal climates for mango growth. The fruit is now cultivated in most frost-free tropical and warmer subtropical climates.
India, Philippines, Pakistan
