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(Free-Press-Release.com) March 19, 2010 -- It is summer in India, and one of the biggest attractions of an Indian summer is the mangoes. By the end of spring, little buds of the fruit start appearing on the dark glossy foliage of the evergreen trees. The lighter green bunches of little bulbs soon become little mangoes, which would become ripe, golden, juicy orbs of delight under the harsh rays of the sun. An Indian summer is made of messy mango eating sessions, fragrance of mango blossoms and acerbic drinks made with mangoes.

The mango tree grows only in sub-tropical climates, so this tree flourishes all along the tropics, and so does the fruit. In fact, the hotter the climate, the sweeter the fruit. The tree itself may grow up to 60 feet tall and bear fruit four to six years after planting. As the climate gets hotter and drier, the fruit gets ripe, sweet and bigger. Covering almost all the tropical countries, there are about 1000 varieties of mangoes now growing in the world.

Mangoes contain vitamin C as raw mangoes, and have the distinctive sharp sourness. This makes it almost indispensable for consumption to combat the prohibitive heat of the South East Asian plains. A number of indigenous food preparations take care of this need and its best known form, raw mangoes are boiled and their pulp made into a drink with certain cooling spices. This drink, called Panna, is stored in every Indian household throughout summers, as an effective preventive cure as well as remedy for heatstroke. In other forms, the raw mango chutney adds spice to life while just slices of raw mango eaten with a bit of rock salt add the Zing!!

As the mango ripens, it gets its load of vitamin A and C. With maturity, a mango gets a larges doses of beta carotene in its chemical composition; beta- carotene, that elixir has some extremely desirable qualities, one of them being the ability to delay the ageing process. Potassium is another of its treasures. The fruit is high in fiber but low in calories and fat, and actually has the capacity to fill you up. This high fiber composition ensures that it is good for the heart, the intestine and also less strenuous on the liver.

Mango is also some sort of a comfort food, imparting deep psychological satisfaction, because of their stomach soothing properties, due to the presence of an enzyme –papain. A good bowel means a happier you!

Every part of the mango tree is used in ayurvedic medicine treatment, its bark, leaves, skin or oil– its medicinal properties range from anti-viral, anti-parasitic, anti-septic, anti-tussive (cough), anti-asthmatic, expectorant, cardiotonic, contraceptive to , aphrodisiac, hypotensive, laxative, stomachic (for digestion) benefits. In fact, mangiferin found in the stem bark of the mango tree has been fund to be rich in splenocytes which can be used as a cure for inhibiting the growth of tumor in its initial stages.

It’s not for nothing that one of the tastiest fruits on earth, the mango, is called the king of fruits.