Anacardiaceae

Cashew family (mango)

Mangoes, cashews, pistachios — closer cousins than you'd ever guess.

The family

Anacardiaceae is the drupe family that produced the mango and the cashew nut from the same evolutionary branch. Baby mangoes — Alphonso-style cultivars — are the creamier, less fibrous, more aromatic relatives of the chunky table mangoes you find in supermarkets. Deeper orange, denser flesh, more honey on the finish. The Miyazaki sits at the very top of the line.

Try thisSlice along the flat of the stone, score the flesh into cubes, push the skin up to pop them out.

In this family

2 fruits we source

Elsewhere in the Atlas

Six more families to wander

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