Banganapalli
IMPORTANT READ BEFORE Make your Grafting Request Order
We are only able to graft twice a year, Late Spring & Late Summer.
- If we receive the order between after September 24th and before May 1st, The trees will be grafted in Spring & should be ready by the end of the year.
- For orders made after May 01st and before of September 24th will be grafted in late Summer and should be ready in the Spring following year, May most likely.
Only Once the small tree has completed two flushes of growth since it was grafted do we consider it ready to leave our nursery.
(Estimated time is 6 to 8 months. Some varieties take longer time to growth)
Banganapalli is from southern India, where it is grown in a number of different states, and depending on the locale goes under several other names: 'Baneshan' (not to be confused with 'Alampur Baneshan') and 'Safeda' among them. It is one of the most prized mangos in Andhra Pradesh, where it is thought to have originated, Telengana and Tamil Nadu.
The fruit are kidney-shaped, medium sized, and turn yellow as they ripen. They are *very* aromatic mangos, and can fill a room with their powerful fragrance as they ripen. The flesh is fiberless and sweet with a medium bodied Indian-Alphonso type flavor abundant in spice characteristics. The seed is monoembryonic.
Unfortunately there have been many fake Banganapalli trees in the Florida nursery trade. Luckily we have had access to a verified tree from which we obtained our budwood. Like other south Indian mangos the variety seems to flower very easily in south Florida and seems to perform acceptably near the coast, although it is very prone to powdery mildew. The growth habit is moderately vigorous with spreading, open canopy with flat leaves and rather thin stems. Like other southern Indian mangos, it can produce excessive numbers of male flowers when it blooms early. Later opening blooms are mire likely to result in fruit set.
Banganapalli is an early season mango here ripening primarily from late May through June.
Flavor: Indian-Alphonso
Country: India
Seed: Monoembryonic