MANGO, BANANA & JACKFRUIT

 

MANGO -- the king of fruits

        Many may not know that the English word "mango" originated from the Tamil word "manga" (via Portughese - also "manga" in their usage). In Tamil Nadu, the mango is referred to as one of the 3 royal fruits (mukkani) along with banana and jackfruit. The trio is also called as 'Ma-pala-vazhai'.

        It was in 1510 that "manga" was first recorded in a European language (French). The 'common mango' (Mangifera indica) originated in India and Burma. It is the national fruit of India and the Philippines and the national tree of Bangladesh.

-- Dr. T. Rama Prasad, 'Pay what you can' Clinic, Perundurai,    July 2023

        There are numerous varieties of mangoes across the world.  The latest one to arrive which is very expensive is called MIYAZAKI.

MIYAZAKI mangoes

        The Miyazaki mango, usually found in Japan, is known as the world’s costliest mango. The rare mango is now found in India in West Bengal's Birbhum district. It is priced at an exorbitant rate of about Rs 3 lakh per kilogram.   

I put this question to participants on my WhatsApp groups :  " If someone gives you a GIFT of a pack of these MIYAZAKI mangoes, would you accept or refuse  ?   "

And, one asked me whether I would accept or not.  I said 'I will not'.  In fact, long ago,  I got the following words printed on the wedding  invitation card of my son : "PLEASE AVOID BRINGING GIFTS.  They will be refused."

May be,  the price might have come down !!!

          Right now (May 2025),  the prices of some local varieties are as shown in the photo below:

A mango from our tree dressed in orange peel and standing on matchsticks !!!

Coat-hanger mango !!!

MANGO  SEED  BIRD

    I opened the hard outer 'shell' of a mango 'seed'  and removed the inside seed.  I wrapped it in a wet tissue paper and left it inside a plastic bag, to retain the moisture,  for a few days.  When I removed it from the bag after some days,  I found it germinating in a shape as seen in the photo below, looking like a bird from a particular angle of view.  Of course I placed a couple of matchsticks underneath and  a pepper seed on it  representing the eye of the 'bird' (on July 20, 2021).  You may do it.  You may not see the same shape and colour, but you will see the seed sprouting, in the same way.  This is one way of speedily germinating mango seeds. Try it, instead of throwing away the seeds after eating mangoes.  --  T. Rama Prasad

Two days later, on July 22, 2021, there was some more growth, a stem coming up and a root going down, as can be seen in the photo below.  I took a photo, this time upside down, with a twig underneath and a pepper to represent the eye.  What an amazing change in 2 days !

BANANA

Banana is the most commonly consumed fruit in India.  It is available throughout the year in numerous varieties at  affordable prices.  It can easily be grown at homes.  Rajyalakshmi has grown this at her backyard.

May 12, 2025

World’s longest banana infructescence found in the forests of Andamans

An infructescence (FRUIT BUNCH LUX AXIS) of about 4.2 metres long has been recorded in an endemic species of wild banana, the Musa indandamanensis. Specimens of the infructescence are on display at the Indian Museum in Kolkata

An infructescence of about 4.2 metres has been recorded in a species of wild banana from Andaman and Nicobar islands, making it the longest infructescence recorded in bananas across the world. The details of the discovery were published in an international peer reviewed science journal Botany Letters earlier this year.

  

To see some more photos of PLANTS & TREES, click on :  https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2017/04/trees-and-plants_29.html

WOW !!!

FICUS trees and GODS

The following is a list of some of my 'scribblings', including a few from the 28 articles on COVID published in a monthly medical journal in 30 months (a world record).   To open them, click on any of the titles.  --  T. Rama Prasad

 

Blog Archive

·   ▼  2017 (115)

o  ▼  March (1)

§ COVID MEDICAL LITERATURE

o  ▼  April (112)

§ OREIKLE

§ DEEPAAVALI

§ Science and Nonsense about COVID

§ AMC BATCH 1959 (revised)

§ Nurses Day 2017

§ FOOD, EXERCISE and SLEEP

§ OMICRON -- a paper tiger ?

§ World TB Day: TB and COVID

§ INDIAN ENGLISH

§ MY QUOTES & JOKES

§ COVID, SCHOOLS & CHILDREN

§ LOCKDOWN MEDICINE

§ Death Penalty

§ COVID CROCODILES

§ Number 13

§ WORLD CANCER DAY ..February 4, 2017

§ CORONA VARIANTS

§ PERUNDURAI is the GEM

§ Covishield or Covaxin ?

§ GRADUATION DAY -- 2018, Perundurai Medical Col...

§ "AHIMSA"

§ STAFF & STUDENTS. -- photos

§ SINGAPORE

§ BRINGING UP CHILDREN

§ HAPPY 2018

§ Dr. T. Rama Prasad

§ OMICRON

§ QUOTES

§ POLLUTION, Disease and Deepaavali

§ CESAREAN DELIVERY

§ DOCTORS' HANDWRITING MATTERS

§ RAJYALAKSHMI and SPB

§ PONGAL FESTIVAL

§ To live in INDIA or ABROAD ?

§ THE HINDU newspaper & ME

§ KMCH

§ FISHES

§ RICHNESS and HAPPINESS

§ YELLOW NAIL SYNDROME

§ BIRDS and DANGEROUS DRUGS

§ ABDUL KALAM

§ SUNDAY LUNCH ... Dec 3, 2017

§ VINAYAKA chathurdhi 2017

§ BAHUBALI

§ COMPLEXION

§ DENGUE, ZIKA and MOSQUITO

§ FOOLED TO BELIEVE

§ DIABETES

§ TUBERCULOSIS in India

§ MY ART

§ CIVIC SENSE & MANNERS

§ SMILE and STRESS

§ CANCER

§ DOGS

§ GOD-MEN

§ CODUP

§ LOCKDOWN MEDICINE -- too toxic ?

§ GOD, RELIGION & UNIVERSE

§ CORONA and CHARLES DARWIN

§ YOGA

§ HCQ, IVERMECTIN, CORONAVIRUS and FRAUDS

§ INDIAN SUPERBUG

§ SWINE FLU -- A (H1 N1) influenza

§ NIPAH & ZIKA viruses

§ SOPHISTICATED CHEATING

§ PERUNDURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE & SANATORIUM campus

§ RAJYALAKSHMI RAMAPRASAD and PLANTS

§ MY REAL AWARDS

§ GIRL CHILD : GOLDEN CHILD ; WOMEN POWER

§ ALLERGY, ASTHMA, COPD and ILD

§ TEST-TUBE PUPPIES

§ CREATE / KILL a baby

§ ONAM 2017

§ OPEN AIR DEFECATION

§ DRESS SENSE

§ SEXUAL HARASSMENT

§ RAPE

§ THE CHANGING WORLD

§ MARRIAGE and MATING

§ TEA, COFFEE and COMMERCE

§ DEVALUED DEGREES

§ SCHOOL EDUCATION and NEET

§ INCREDIBLE INDIA !

§ MARKETING TRICKS & INNOVATIONS

§ INTERNET EFFECT

§ RURAL ARE THE REAL

§ MEDICINE IN RURAL INDIA

§ RUN ON MONEY

§ MEDICAL CONFERENCES

§ Dr. Peon, PhD

§ MODERN MEDICINE -- the Good, the Bad and th...

§ YOU ARE NOT OLD

§ MOTHER-IN-LAW

§ RAJYALAKSHMI & International Women's Day 2024

§ SHIVA, KRISHNA, Ramanuja & Ramanujan

§ BETTER HALF

§ OUR LOVE STORY & good old days

§ 'PAY WHAT YOU CAN' Clinic

§ ABOUT ME and MY SCRIBBLINGS

o  ▼  May (2)

§ FICUS trees and GODS

§ Post-Omicron Peregrination

·   ▼  2019 (1)

o  ▼  January (1)

§ AMC batch 1959

·   ▼  2020 (3)

o  ▼  February (1)

§ OVER-HEALTHCARE

o  ▼  April (1)

§ RAJYALAKSHMI RAMAPRASAD and RADIOGRAM

o  ▼  June (1)

§ CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)

·   ▼  2022 (1)

o  ▼  October (1)

§ VCW Rajyalakshmi, BLOG

·   ▼  2023 (17)

o  ▼  January (15)

§ RIGHT or WRONG ???

§ MONKEYPOX (Mpox)

§ TUBERCULOSIS -- drug-resistant

§ LONG and SHORT of COVID

§ MENTAL HEALTH

§ VERSHA, alias Vega

§ FEAR, STRESS and PSYCHOSIS

§ HEART

§ ZERO COVID

§ INDIAN IMMUNITY, BCG and COVID

§ WOW !!!

§ ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

§ COVID vaccines -- Safe or Unsafe ?

§ COVID -- ANTISEPTIC JOURNAL

§ MEDICAL SYSTEMS

o  ▼  August (1)

§ RAMAYAAN

o  ▼  October (1)

§ NEET SAGA

·   ▼  2024 (1)

o  ▼  May (1)

§ THE NOBLE PROFESSION