{"id":339124,"date":"2025-06-02T10:57:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T05:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=339124"},"modified":"2025-06-03T11:32:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T06:02:54","slug":"mango-chemistry-culture-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mango-chemistry-culture-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Mango: Chemistry, Culture &amp; History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; This article, published in the Indian Express, explores the mango- cherished across South Asia for millennia\u2014for its cultural, political, and culinary significance, from Buddha\u2019s parables to Mughal orchards. <strong>Mango: Chemistry, Culture &amp;amp; History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-339242 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mango-Chemistry-Culture-amp-History.png?resize=546%2C362&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mango: Chemistry, Culture &amp; History\" width=\"546\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mango-Chemistry-Culture-amp-History.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mango-Chemistry-Culture-amp-History.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mango-Chemistry-Culture-amp-History.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mango-Chemistry-Culture-amp-History.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About Mango&#8217;s Chemistry and Aroma<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are responsible for the characteristic aroma of mangoes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key VOCs include<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Esters<\/strong> \u2013 impart the sweet, tropical fruity scents<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lactones<\/strong> \u2013 give it a creamy, earthy aroma<\/li>\n<li><strong>Terpenes<\/strong> \u2013 floral, pine-like notes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aldehydes<\/strong> \u2013 grassy, mildly spicy fragrance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Minor compounds contribute to variety-specific aromas.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Botanical Classification<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Mango (Mangifera indica) belongs to the Anacardiaceae family<em> (Cashew family)<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>It is a distant relative of poison ivy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Allergic Reactions<\/strong>&#8211; Mango peels contain urushiol-like compounds, also found in poison ivy. These can cause contact dermatitis (skin allergy) in sensitive individuals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Historical &amp; Cultural Significance<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Religious and Ancient Indian Roots<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is believed to have originated 4,000 years ago in the Himalayan foothills.<\/li>\n<li>It is known as &#8220;Aamra&#8221; in Sanskrit, later &#8220;Aam&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>It is <em>mentioned in Vedas, Dharma Shastras, and Puranas<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>In Buddhism:\n<ul>\n<li><em>Buddha was born under a mango tree<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>The fruit used as a metaphor to convey his ideas to people, and his disciples are credited with spreading mangoes to the rest of South Asia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Mango in Medieval and Mughal India<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Babur called it the \u201cbest fruit of Hindustan,\u201d though he preferred musk melons.<\/li>\n<li>Humayun loved mangoes; Himam Pasand,\u00a0 (originally Humayun Pasand), variety of mango was specially grafted for him.<\/li>\n<li><em>Sher Shah named Chaunsa mango<\/em> after defeating Humayun at the Battle of Chausa (1539).<\/li>\n<li><em>Akbar set up Lakhi Bagh in Darbhanga, Bihar<\/em>, with over 1 lakh mango trees.\n<ul>\n<li><em>Portuguese Jesuits<\/em> trained royal horticulturists in grafting techniques.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News&#8211; This article, published in the Indian Express, explores the mango- cherished across South Asia for millennia\u2014for its cultural, political, and culinary significance, from Buddha\u2019s parables to Mughal orchards. Mango: Chemistry, Culture &amp;amp; History About Mango&#8217;s Chemistry and Aroma Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are responsible for the characteristic aroma of mangoes. Key VOCs include: Esters&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mango-chemistry-culture-history\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mango: Chemistry, Culture &amp; History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":339242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,11212,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-339124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mango-Chemistry-Culture-amp-History.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}