Cardoso Malcorada Mango Plant-Grafted Live Plant I Fruiting in 1 Year

The Cardoso Malcorada mother tree consistently yields 1500–3000 fruits annually, characterized by their substantial size and oval shape. Notably, these fruits exhibit no lingering ‘deek’ aftertaste upon consumption. It has a very attractive colour and it lasts longer than other malcoradas. According to comments from ICAR, there is a belief that the fruit could potentially be a spontaneous hybrid between a Malcorada and a Bardez Mussarat or Udgo, both well-recognized mango species. To cite the paper by P A Mathew and D G Dhandar (1997)—“The new selection ‘Cardozo Mankurad’ has originated from a seedling of the most popular cultivar ‘Mankurad’, possessing big fruit size, attractive colour, regular bearing, high yield and quality of the mother tree. Thus, this selection has great potential for commercial cultivation.”

Nestor Rangel the graft producer says his grafts produce mangoes as close to the mother tree as possible. He believes after fruiting all mango trees need to be trimmed and then grafts are made from the scions. “I am happy that a Goan variety of mango is going out for more people to grow and enjoy,” he says. And we say Amen to that!