The original wild mangos were small fruits with scant, fibrous flesh, but through many centuries of commercial propagation and cultivation there are now over 500 different varieties of mango. Domestication of the mango appears to have emerged in Southeast Asia in about 200 BC. | The original wild mangos were small fruits with scant, fibrous flesh, but through many centuries of commercial propagation and cultivation there are now over 500 different varieties of mango. Domestication of the mango appears to have emerged in Southeast Asia in about 200 BC. |