Mango is no stranger, for it is a very popular tropical fruit. Originating from the Indian evergreen tree, it contains a high proportion of sugar, protein and crude fibre, plus carotenoid with a large amount of vitamin A. The mango has long been known as the "king of tropical fruit” and the mango in Jingdong, Pu'er, has a different taste because of its late maturity.
Jingdong is in the southwest of Yunnan and, annually, has an average temperature o 18.3 ℃, humidity of 77% and sunshine of 2131.6 hours. Its unique and advantageous climate and geographical location makes it ripe for growing mangoes.
Jingdong late-maturing mango has the merits both of the small mango and of the ivory mango, which means merits including the faint scent, long and dense crude fiber, non-blasting, non-fruit-falling from firm fruit stem like the former, and merits including big fruit, high fructifying rate, sweet fruit fresh, good taste like the latter. Jingdong late-maturing mango is transformed from the 1 to 2-year-old grafted and selected branches on general mango trees. After grafting transformation, the tree shape is short with high branching rate, strong insect resistance, and strong resistance. Through soil testing and formula fertilizer, bagging and other standardized management, it has features like high fructifying rate, big and smooth fruit and high quality. It will fructify from the third year after grafting transformation.
Jingdong mango has become a local speciality, one you must not fail to try if you visit. The popularity of the later-maturing mango has also spread to other parts of China.
Jingdong, Yunnan
Fruits shops and local markets.
