Langra

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{{Short description|Mango cultivar}}
{{Infobox cultivar
| name = ''Mangifera'' 'Langra'
| image = Vikramshila Agrovet 2 Langra Mango farm, Mathurapur, Bhagalpur Bihar.JPG
| image_caption = 'Langra' mangoes at a farm in Mathurapur Village, Bihar, India
| genus = ''[[Mangifera]]''
| cultivar = 'Langra'
| origin =
}}
[[File:A 'Langra' mango.jpg|thumb|A 'Langra' mango]]
[[File:'Langra' mango (sliced).jpg|thumb|'Langra' mango (sliced)]]
[[File:'Langra' mango stone (seed).jpg|thumb|'Langra' mango stone (seed)]]
The '<nowiki/>'''Langra' mango''', also known as '''Banarasi Langra''',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dkchakrabarti.com/mango_malformation_01.htm |title=Mango Malformation |publisher=Dkchakrabarti.com |date=2010-03-12 |access-date=2014-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912012728/http://dkchakrabarti.com/mango_malformation_01.htm |archive-date=2014-09-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a [[mango cultivar]] primarily grown in Varanasi, or Banaras, Northern [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bengalinformation.org/varieties-of-mango-produced-in-west-bengal/ |title=Varieties of Mango produced in West Bengal | Bengal Information - College, Admission, Events, Education, Tourism, Bengal Culture, Jobs |publisher=Bengal Information |date=2012-09-12 |access-date=2014-06-13}}</ref> In some part of northern India and in Bihar 'Langra' mango is also known as 'Malda' Mango'', referring to the town of Malda in West Bengal.

This cultivar retains a greenish tinge while ripening. It is normally harvested during the last half of July. Around 2006, it was known to be gaining popularity on the international market.<ref>{{cite web |title=Recent Trends in World and U.S. Mango Production, Trade, and Consumption |url=http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FE/FE71800.pdf |url-status=dead |website=University of Florida IFAS Extension |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127005208/http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/fe/fe71800.pdf |archive-date=2014-11-27 |access-date=2014-06-12}}</ref> It is considered suitable for slicing and canning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/mango_ars.html |title=Mango |publisher=Hort.purdue.edu |access-date=2014-06-13}}</ref>

==Leaves==
[[File:Langra Mango farm, Mathurapur, Bhagalpur Bihar.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Langra mango tree]]
The leaf blades have an oval-lanceolate shape and are flat to slightly folded. The apexes are [[Leaf shape|acuminate]] to sub-acuminate. The [[Leaf#Veins|secondary veins]] are arranged as sub-opposite to alternate.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chakraborti |first=Kalyan |url=https://www.academia.edu/1942582/LEAF_CHARACTERSAND_MEASUREMENTS_OF_MANGO_CULTIVARS_IN |title=Leaf Charactersand Measurements Of Mango Cultivars In | Kalyan Chakraborti |publisher=Academia.edu |date=1970-01-01 |access-date=2014-06-13}}</ref> They have been measured as follows:
* Length of blade: 21.93 cm
* Length of [[Leaf#Large-scale features .28leaf morphology.29|lamina]]: 18.95 cm
* Breadth of lamina: 4.75 cm
* Length petioles 2.98 cm
* Length of [[pulvinus]] region 1.20 cm
* Length : breadth of lamina: 4.00
* Length of pulvinus : petiole: 0.42
* Length of lamina : petiole: 6.67 cm

==References==
{{Commons category|Langra}}
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==Further reading==
* {{Cite journal |last=Singh |first1=D. K. |last2=Ram |first2=S. |date=April–June 2000 |title=Level of paclobutrazol residues in shoot and fruit of mango |url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b9f5/9e28b66dc925e7400d5552821d9a01326f1d.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219205906/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b9f5/9e28b66dc925e7400d5552821d9a01326f1d.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-02-19 |journal=Indian Journal of Plant Physiology |volume=5 |issue=2 |issn=0019-5502 |pages=186–188}}

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