Producción de Mango Hilacha (Mango Criollo) - TvAgro por Juan Gonzalo Angel Restrepo

Twitter @juangangel Program: Mango (Mangifera) is a genus belonging to the Anacardiaceae family. It has about 130 described species, of which only 8 are accepted and virtually all the others are still taxonomically disputed. The mango is a fruit from the intertropical zone, with fleshy, semi-acidic pulp. This pulp may or may not be fibrous, with the "string mango" variety containing the greatest amount of fiber. It is a fruit that is normally green initially, turning yellow or orange when ripe, with a moderately acidic flavor when unripe. Of Asian origin, mainly from India, it includes numerous varieties, many of them obtained by grafting. The mango that grows wild in the American intertropical zone (introduced in the late 18th century to Brazil by the Portuguese) is yellow, smaller than the grafted varieties, and has an exquisite and very sweet flavor, both the "bocao" and the "hilacha" mangos. Its harvest season peaks in May in the subequatorial latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, which is paradoxical, since this is the month when the rains begin in these latitudes, so the fruit ripens completely during the driest months, as indicated in the article on the Gaussen xerothermic index. The flavor also varies greatly from one variety to another. For example, a large mango variety has a flavor and smell similar to that of a peach in syrup, although with a less hydrated texture (peach mango). Almost all of these grafted mango varieties are derived from a variety obtained through natural evolution, which many people call "mangas" in Venezuela, the Canary Islands, and on the Atlantic coast of Colombia. This variety is simply the adaptation of the plant over several centuries to a much more favorable climate than that found in the area of origin. Mango trees usually reach a large size and height (they can exceed 30 m), especially if they have to compete for light with larger trees, as would be the case in a coconut plantation). In temperate climates, they can be cultivated, although they do not usually reach great heights due to adverse climatic conditions. It is native to India and is cultivated in countries with warm climates, such as Ecuador, El Salvador, Venezuela, Peru, Mexico, Cuba, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Colombia, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, and in some temperate climates, such as Italy, China, and the United States. In the intertropical zone, it is, as we can see, an extremely noble plant: it does not require irrigation and resists fires. A mango plantation would be unlikely to burn during the dry season, as this is the period of maximum biomass growth for these trees and the peak photosynthesis activity due to lower cloud cover. This tree is aggressive toward other species when it comes to occupying a given space: in the image of a mango tree, you can see that, despite being planted on one side, its branches extend throughout the garden. On other occasions, a mango tree located a few meters from a coconut tree has developed a rather large branch that directed itself toward the tree and began to cover it, in order to take advantage of the sunlight that was partially blocking it. The only thing the coconut tree (which has no branches) could do was grow at an angle, trying to avoid this threat. In Spain, its cultivation is very important in the subtropical areas of the Granada coast, the eastern coast of Málaga, and the Guadalhorce Valley. Source: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangifera Source Juan Gonzalo Angel Restrepo www.tvagro.tv

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