Mangifera 'Kensington Pride'

 

Types of Mangoes in Australia

• Kensington Pride
• R2E2
• Calypso
• Honey Gold
• Brooks
• Keitt
• Kent
• Palmer
• Pearl

Several unique mango varieties in Australia stand out for their flavour, texture and fruiting season.

• Kensington Pride

Also known as the Bowen mango, Kensington Pride is the most common and best-tasting mango in Australia.

It’s popular for its sweet, tangy flavour and strong mango aroma.

The Kensington mango boasts golden yellow skin and soft, juicy flesh.

Kensington Pride mango trees are vigorous growers. Leave them unpruned and you’ll end up with a tree that can reach up to 8m in height.

Their foliage forms a dense spreading canopy with purple and green leaves, perfect for creating shade in a spacious backyard.

While Kensington Pride is the most popular variety, growing these trees doesn’t come without challenges.

Australian Mango Varieties - Type of Mangoes | Lawn.com.au

The 'Kensington Pride' mango is a named commercial mango cultivar that originated in Australia. It is sometimes called the KP, Bowen or Bowen special. It is Australia's most popular mango, accounting for over 80% of the country's annual commercial mango market. It is considered to have a distinctive flavour and aroma when compared with the Florida-bred cultivars grown by most mango-exporting countries.

In Australia, commercial Kensington Pride mangoes grow predominantly in the Northern Territory and northern and central Queensland, providing early (September–November) and late season (December–February) mangoes respectively. Some late-season fruit are from the Kununurra region in Western Australia. Very few commercially available fruit come from south-east Queensland or northern New South Wales, and fruit from these latitudes is generally of lower quality.

Kensington Pride - Wikipedia

 

 

 

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