Mango – Rare Grafted Variety – Cat Thom

Plant family: Anacardiaceae

Plant origin: Asia;India

Fruit description: Grows 8 metres high by 4 metres wide when Planted in the Ground.

Flowers: The flowers are tiny, produced in large numbers on long stems on the tips of the branches. They have a mild, pleasant sweet perfume.

Growing conditions:

Uses:

Medicinal uses: Mango is an excellent source of dietary fibre and of vitamin A.

Pollination requirements: Self-Pollinating.

Harvest time The ripe fruit usually has a colourful blush on the fruit, and the fruit has filled out on the bottom. To test if the fruit is ripe, cut one open, the flesh should be the color of butter, also ripe fruit has a delicious aroma. It is best cut the ripe fruit from the tree with a 20mm stem left on. Picking in the afternoon is best to minimise any sap which may squirt out of the cut stem. The fruit will continue to ripen after harvest. Peel the fruit to eat the flesh. The easiest way to eat a mango is to slice the fat “cheek” off either side of the fruit, cut the flesh down to the skin (not through the skin) crosswise, then invert the skin so the cubes of flesh stick out, to be eaten and not get juice on your face!

Plant relatives Other edible plants in the Anacardiaceae family include cashew nuts, ambarella, and burdekin plum.

Special features:

Grown by method: Grafted Pot size: 5 litre

Plant growing Height and Width for pots or in the ground planting: Grows 8 metres high by 4 metres wide when Planted in the Ground.

Shipping plant pot or planter bag size: 5 litre