₹ 2,000 for one piece of mango, Bengaluru says bring it on
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Bengaluru is bursting with juicy, scrumptious, and pulpy mangoes. While the familiar local varieties bring a blast of nostalgic sweetness, the city is now also home to an array of exotic mangoes originating from different parts of the world.
Incidentally, some of these rare varieties are increasingly being cultivated right here in Bengaluru, but the prices continue to skyrocket. Here's a look:
Miyazaki Mango
(₹ 2,000 per piece) A special variety of jumbo mango is originally grown in Miyazaki, Japan. It is known for its unique sweet taste and colour.
Taiwan Red Mango
( ₹ 500 per piece) This is a popular variety of mango, known for its red skin and juicy, sweet flesh, typically grown between April and June in Taiwan, specifically in the Douliuzai Village of Yujing District.
Exotic varieties of mangoes are popular here. The original Miyazaki mango, for example, is priced at around ₹1.5-2 lakhs per kg in Japan. We do cultivate rare and exotic varieties of mangoes at our local plantations near Chikkamagaluru by controlling both soil and temperature. Their taste and colour are distinctly different from the Indian varieties of mangoes
Rangaswamy, mango cultivator
Brunei King Mango
(₹ 500 per piece) A popular variety of mango that is essentially found in the Philippines. It is a prized, late-ripening mango which is known for its huge size (4-5 kg per piece). It is a grafted plant and is considered a premium variety due to its superior flavour and quality.
Red Ivory Mango
(₹ 500 per piece) A unique variety of grafted mango predominantly grown in Thailand is known for its colour, large size (weighs up to 2kg per fruit), and sweet, aromatic flavour.
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