Honey Mango - Pakistan

[Rannman]

I saw a couple of trays of 'Honey' mangoes from Pakistan in one of our local fruit shops @$4 each. They were fully yellow, shaped a bit like a NDM, with wrinkly, shrivelled skin. Are they worth buying, worth growing from seed? I also read that it could be 'Ataulfo'? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Siyu98]

If they are soft enough, they are ripe and the seed should be ready for planting. Choose the one that is in the best condition. A photo of them would also help.
I would give a try growing from seed, since this costs nothing, even if you have to wait some years before seeing some fruit.

[Rannman]

If they are soft enough, they are ripe and the seed should be ready for planting. Choose the one that is in the best condition. A photo of them would also help.
I would give a try growing from seed, since this costs nothing, even if you have to wait some years before seeing some fruit.

Do you know if they are poly, or mono?

[Siyu98]

Usually the seed is mono, but sometimes can also be poly.
However, I have never seen a polyembryonic mango seed.

[bsbullie]

Honey mango is just a marjeting name.  By just a determination of the actual fruit, without examining seed embryo or planting, you would need to determine the actual variety to know if its mono or poly.  They look like Ataulfo and if they are, they are mono.  Not really worth growing from seed fir the fryit.  They make a good rootstock in California,  not sure how they would do in Florida ir Australia.

[DocFruitFly]

Mangifera laurina is also sometimes called a honey mango

[bsbullie]

Mangifera laurina is also sometimes called a honey mango

Maybe but not a commercially sold type of mangifera.  If you google honey mango Pakistan, its a popular commercially distributed mango most likely an Ataulfo from what I can see.

[Tropicdude]

Sindhri mango is the most common Pakistani variety for export.  from pictures I have seen they look a bit like Ataulfos, but Sindhri seems much larger,  of course they do export other varieties , that are yellow,  so who knows.

I agree with Rob,  "Honey Mango" just seems like marketing.   

[JF]

Sindhiri grown in la habra 2016 tasting its infinitely better than ataulfo
https://postimg.cc/image/wrmamehtn/

[behlgarden]

Honey Mango looks like Chaunsa or could be a seedling of one of the Chaunsa

[JF]

Honey Mango looks like Chaunsa or could be a seedling of one of the Chaunsa

Those were my thoughts Manohar which btw in infinitely better than sindhiri