| Mangifera 'Lancetilla' | |
|---|---|
 Display of a 'Lancetilla' mango at the Redland Summer Fruit Festival,Fruit and Spice Park,Homestead, Florida | |
| Genus | Mangifera |
| Hybrid parentage | 'Saigon' × 'Mulgoba' |
| Cultivar | 'Lancetilla' |
| Breeder | Wilson Popenoe |
| Origin | Honduras |
The 'Lancetilla' mango is a namedmango cultivar that originated inHonduras.
The original tree is believed to have been the result of a cross between theSaigon andMulgoba varieties byWilson Popenoe, grown on his property inLancetilla on the north coast of Honduras.[1]
Lancetilla was introduced to the United States viaSouth Florida and first received notoriety at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden's 2001 mango festival. The tree was promoted as a dooryard variety in Florida due to its excellent disease resistance and flavor, and is now widely sold as nursery stock in the state.
A Lancetilla tree is planted in the collection of the Miami–DadeRedland Fruit & Spice Park inHomestead, Florida.[2]
The fruits are quite large at maturity, averaging around 2 pounds, some even weighing as much as 5 pounds. The skin color is red, and the fruit have a long, flattened oval shape. The flesh is lemon yellow in color, completely fiberless, and has a very sweet flavor. It contains amonoembryonic seed. Lancetilla typically matures from August to September in Florida, making it a late season mango.
The trees can be kept at a compact height of around 10 feet with consistent pruning.
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