King of the fruits,” mango fruit is one of the most popular, nutritionally rich fruits with unique flavor, fragrance, taste, and heath promoting qualities, making it numero-uno among new functional foods, often labeled as “super fruits.” Mango is one of the delicious seasonal fruits grown in the tropics. A mango is a stone fruit produced from numerous species of tropical tree. The energy value per 100 g (3.5 oz.) serving of the common mango is 250 kJ (60 kcal), and that of the apple mango is slightly higher (330 kJ (79 kcal) per 100 g). Fresh mango contains a variety of nutrients, but only vitamin C and folate are in significant amounts of the Daily Value as 44% and 11%, respectively. Karutha Kolomban, Parrot Mango, Petti amba, Rata amba, Willard, Mee Amba, Pol Amba, Alponsu are the varieties of mango in Sri Lanka.
‘Willard’ was harvested after ninety days from full bloom and kept for ripening. ‘Willard’ mangoes was bright yellow with red color at the stem end.
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