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Episode 75: The Mango Tree

This episode kicks off a new three-part fruit tree miniseries! Up first is the Mango Tree, a species hailing from India that inspires love in Hinduism, rest and introspection in Buddhism, and admiration in modern China. Learn more about its unique domestication history in southeast Asia, Florida, and beyond. 
Music is by Academy Garden (academygarden.bandcamp.com)
Cover Art is by @boomerangbrit on Instagram
Script editing and social media by Laurie Hilburn (lhilburn.journoportfolio.com)
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Sources:

https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/mango_ars.html

https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.15731

https://tucson.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/the-most-popular-mango-in-us-is-far-from-the-best/article_c983fdec-ffe6-5248-95b9-8c340ded52a0.html

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mango

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35461265

https://www.themangofactory.com/growing-mangoes/mango-blooming-polination/blooming-and-pollination/

https://www.thebetterindia.com/57267/mango-national-fruit-of-india-history/

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https://bigmanbusiness.com/130/top-mango-importing-and-exporting-countries/

https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/MangoFTBG6.htm