Mangilook

How is Trang now?  I am heading there next month and wondering if transport and services are good now?

David

Slapout,  when do the first mangoes of the season start in the South?   Which varieties are first?

Thanks for the offer Soidog. Is there a reference for the different varieties and what their qualities are? What are you growing? Is this season too late for seeds that may be left over.

Thanks Soidog for asking about the mamuang galon.  Do you think they meant that it is a cultivated Mango crossed with a wild species?  If it has unique characteristics in flavour it would be worth trying, sounds unique.  Have you seen any fallen fruit around recently?

Dr Treelove, I've received some seeds from that tree near Pai from Ricky! ... have planted them today, so their long journey has now started!  I'm not sure if it is the same species as the  one at Dokmai garden yet, may need to wait till it flowers to be sure what it is, unless I can get some flowers or photos of them next Feb (flowering season) from that tree. The shape of the tree certainly looks different and I expect it is a different species, but the location of it is not of particularly high altitude, around 400metres above sea level. I wonder how long that road has been there as if it has been there longer than the tree I suppose the seed may have even been from a fruit eaten by someone travelling from a different area.  The first photo (bluer sky)  is the tree near Pai and the other one is the Dokmai garden one.

I have come across the record of a highland species which seems rare or uncommon, and at any rate relatively unknown.  It is only recorded in Thailand and has been found up to 1200 metres. The only records I have seen is from the Chiang Mai region. The flowers have been described but there is no record of what the fruit is like. That would be an interesting one to find!  It's recorded local name is " Ma muang ching reet".

Soidog

I've done a bit of reading, and in Buri Ram, the wild species Mangifera caloneura is recorded, which  is also the species that is at at Dokmai garden mentioned by drtreelove.  I see on their web site ( www.dokmaigarden.co.th ) they have some seedlings available at the moment, as well as a photo of the tree.  Their fruit is described as smooth, yellowish to orange, mango shaped, 5 - 6 cm long , pulp whitish with a sweet - acid taste.
There is a local name  listed, Ma muang paa  (Ma = fruit, muang = mango, paa = forest), but also mentions that this is a name applied to any wild mango.  
Does this sound like it?