Mango

A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the

tropical tree Mangifera indica which is believed to have
originated from the region between northwestern Myanmar,
Bangladesh, and northeastern India. M. indica has been
cultivated in South and Southeast Asia since ancient
times resulting in two distinct types of modern
mango cultivars: the "Indian type" and the
"Southeast Asian type. Other species in
the genus Mangifera also produce edible
fruits that are also called "mangoes",
the majority of which are found in the
Malesian ecoregion.

History
The mango is inextricably connected with the
folklore and religious ceremonies of India. Buddha himself was presented
with a mango grove that he might find repose in its grateful shade. The name
mango, by which the fruit is known in English- and Spanish-speaking
countries, is most likely derived from the Malayam manna, which the
Portuguese adopted as manga when they came to Kerala in 1498 for the spice
trade. Probably because of the difficulty in transporting seeds (they retain their viability a
short time only), the tree was not introduced into the Western Hemisphere until about 1700,
when it was planted in Brazil; it reached the West Indies about 1740.
 THE LEGEND OF MANGGO

Ben is the only child of Aling

Maria and Mang Juan. Ben
was kind and helpful. He
inherited from his parents who
were also kind. One day, Ben
took pity on an old beggar. He
took the beggar home, cooked
and fed him. One day, while in
the woods, he met an old man
who was very hungry. He also
fed it and gave it clothes.
After some time, Ben got sick.
Despite the couple's efforts to
cure the child, it worsened and
later died. That's how the
couple cried. The next day,
while their son was on the hill,
a fairy came. It demanded
Ben's heart, The fairy buried
the heart in a mountain. It
became a tree with heart-shaped fruit. Many are now benfiting from this fruitage.