Kensington Pride

Mangifera 'Kensington Pride'
Display of 'Kensington' mango at the 15th Annual International Mango Festival at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, Florida
GenusMangifera
SpeciesMangifera indica
Cultivar'Kensington Pride'
OriginAustralia

The 'Kensington Pride' mango is a named commercial mango cultivar that originated in Australia. It is sometimes called the KP, Bowen or Bowen special.[1][2] It is Australia's most popular mango, accounting for over 80% of the country's annual commercial mango market. It is considered to have a distinctive flavour and aroma when compared with the Florida-bred cultivars grown by most mango-exporting countries.[3]

In Australia, commercial Kensington Pride mangoes grow predominantly in the Northern Territory and northern and central Queensland, providing early (September–November) and late season (December–February) mangoes respectively. Some late-season fruit are from the Kununurra region in Western Australia. Very few commercially available fruit come from south-east Queensland or northern New South Wales, and fruit from these latitudes is generally of lower quality.

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  2. ^ "ABOUT | Kensington Pride Mangoes". KP Mangoes. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  3. ^ Whiley, A. W.; Mayers, P.E.; Saranah, J. (1993). "Breeding mangoes for Australian conditions". Acta Horticulturae. 341 (341): 136–145. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.1993.341.13.