The Totapuri mango, or Ginimoothi, is a
cultivar
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that is widely grown in
south India
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and is partially cultivated in
Sri Lanka
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.
It also goes by the names Bangalore, Collector, Kallamai, Kili Mooku, Gilli, Mukku, "Ottu", and Sandersha.
In
Bengaluru
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it is referred to as Ginimoothi Maavina Kayi, while most of the rest of India calls it Totapuri or Bangalora. It literally translates to parrot face (gini = parrot, muthi = beak). Totapuri mango skin lacks the usual bitter taste of most mango skins or has a very slight bitterness and is consumed with the flesh traditionally.
History
Totapuri was imported to Florida in 1901 as Sandersha and in the 1960s as Totapuri. It is the parent of at least two Florida mango cultivars,
Anderson and
Brooks
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.
Description
Totapuri is one of the main cultivars grown in India along with
Alphonso
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,
Dasheri
The Dasheri mango is a mango cultivar which originated in a village near Malihabad in Lucknow district in 18th century. It is a sweet and fragrant variety of mango grown in North India, the southern state Andhra Pradesh, Nepal, and Pakistan ...
, and
Kesar mango
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.
The tree is medium size with greenish yellow fruits.
References
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Mango cultivars of India