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Baboony Mango

Historical USDA watercolour of the Baboony Mango mango, painted 1875

Baboony Mango is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. A watercolour study of it survives in the collection, with specimens recorded from Florida, Dade, Miami, painted by Steadman, Royal Charles b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarBaboony
SpeciesMangifera indica
Common fruitMango
Painted1875
Artist(s)Steadman, Royal Charles b.
Specimen originFlorida, Dade, Miami
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00004487.

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