Introduction to Mango:
Here we go, lets meet the king.The king with a kingdom that covers almost the whole world.Yes,i am talking about mango.The king of fruits.A fruit that is juicy,yammy,delicious,healthy,beautiful that means a complete package of eatable blessing from almighty Allah.Here at this post we will learn various things on mango.Lets start with the history of mango.
Mango history:
Mango,the king of fruit is originated in southeast Asia mainly in eastern India & parts of Bangladesh and it has been grown for more than 5,000 years.so, the history of mango suggests that its a pretty old but, still very popular fruit.At near 16th century the Portuguese first introduced mango to Africa, who did the same job for Brazil in 1700s.It reached Mexico in 19th century then to America.Now, every year the worldwide production of mango exceeds 17 million metric tons a year.
Scientific classification of mango:
Complete scientific classification of mango is as follow-
Kingdom :Plantae
Subkingdom :Tracheobionta
Superdivision :Spermatophyta
Division :Magnoliophyta
Subclass :Rosidae
Order :Sapindales
Family :Anacardiaceae
Genus :Magnifera
Species :Magnifera Indica L.
Nutritional Value of Mango:
One medium sized mango comprises of:
- Calories - 107-108
- Protein - 0.84 g
- Carbohydrate - 28 g
- Total Fat - 0.45 g
- Sodium-3mg
- Fiber - 3 g
- Vitamin A - 6425 IU
- Vitamin C - 45.7mg
- Magnesium - 18 mg
- Sugar-24g
- Potassium - 300 mg
- Calcium - 20 g
- iron-1g
- Cholesterol - 0 g
- Saturated fat - 0 g
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