Mature-green eating
For suitable cultivars, look for full size, a lighter green tone, a firmer mature stem and clearer latex. Very immature fruit can be bitter.
THAI MANGO FIELD GUIDE · SOUTH FLORIDA CONTEXTSeven Thai mangoes,
Seven Thai mangoes,
two ways to enjoy them.
Some Thai cultivars shine crisp and mature-green; others reveal their character only when fully ripe. This guide keeps those stages—and South Florida growing observations—clearly separated.
Source: Tropical Acres Farms / Fruitful Trees. Notes below summarize the named source in plain language.
Ripe dessert eating
Skin color alone is unreliable. Aroma, gentle give and cultivar-specific cues matter—especially for green-when-ripe fruit such as Okrung.
Florida is one field site
Flowering, disease, splitting and harvest month can change with rainfall, temperature, rootstock and location.
THE VIDEO’S CORE CULTIVARS
Compare eating stage, fruit and tree.
01Green + ripe
Brahm Kai Meu
Also: Brahm Kai Mea · Pram Kai Meu · Pram Kai Mia
- Fruit & harvest
- Long, slender fruit with a very thin seed. For green eating, wait for full size, a lighter skin tone, a hardened stem and clearer latex.
- Flavor
- Mature-green flesh is crisp and apple-like. Ripe flesh is very sweet, honeyed, floral, nearly fiberless and may retain a slight vegetal note.
- Tree
- Moderately vigorous to vigorous; consistent flowering and production in the speakers’ South Florida planting.
- South Florida note
- Tree-ripe fruit often split near the stem in the farm observation, so mature-green harvest is emphasized.
02Best green
Keo Savoy
Also: Keow Savoy · Kyo Savoy · Kiew Sa Wei · Khieo Sawoei
- Fruit & harvest
- Slender and oblong; selected primarily for eating green and can remain crisp and sweet at that stage.
- Flavor
- The green stage is the main attraction. The speaker considers the ripe flavor less distinctive.
- Tree
- Very vigorous, vertical and dense, with long dormant periods followed by a large flush.
- South Florida note
- Bloom and production were disappointing at the featured farm; it may need a stronger drought or cool trigger and is not presented as a small-yard tree.
03Green + ripe
Falan
Also: Fah Lan · Fang · Faron
- Fruit & harvest
- Oblong and fiber-free; primarily a green-eating mango but it can be allowed to ripen.
- Flavor
- Sweet and honeyed when ripe.
- Tree
- Bushy and comparatively dwarf-growing; presented as a possible container or small-space Thai cultivar.
- South Florida note
- A niche, less-common selection; the farm had only a short fruiting history with it.
04Best ripe
Ivory
Also: Nang Klang Wan · Nang Klang Wang
- Fruit & harvest
- Exceptionally long fruit with a very thin seed and high flesh-to-seed ratio. Green fruit was described as bitter.
- Flavor
- Mild and sweet with a sugarcane-like character when ripe.
- Tree
- Extremely vigorous, upright and dense, with long internodes and thick shoots; not especially precocious.
- South Florida note
- The featured trees became consistent producers after taking several years to begin flowering.
05Best ripe
Okrung
Also: Ok Rong · Ok-Rung
- Fruit & harvest
- Small fruit that may remain green-looking when ripe and can drop unexpectedly; thicker seed and lower flesh ratio than many Thai types.
- Flavor
- Exceptionally sweet and sugarcane-like, with slight fiber and little to no acidity; green fruit was described as bitter.
- Tree
- Moderately vigorous and slow to first flower, but productive once mature.
- South Florida note
- Some bacterial black spot susceptibility was observed at the farm.
06Best ripe
Nam Doc Mai #4
Also: Nam Dok Mai No. 4 · NDM #4
- Fruit & harvest
- Slender dessert mango with soft, fiberless flesh, a thin polyembryonic seed and no red blush requirement.
- Flavor
- Very sweet, floral and honeyed with little acidity; an occasional vegetal note was reported.
- Tree
- More compact and precocious than older Nam Doc Mai selections, but still moderately vigorous rather than truly dwarf.
- South Florida note
- Drought followed by heavy rain can promote splitting. Picking mature-green and ripening off-tree may reduce splitting, jelly seed and soft-nose problems.
07Best ripe
Nam Doc Mai Sia Tong
Also: Nam Dok Mai Si Thong · Golden Nam Doc Mai · NDM Sia Tong
- Fruit & harvest
- Smaller than some Nam Doc Mai selections, with a thin seed. Skin turns a conspicuous bright yellow before full ripeness, providing a useful picking cue.
- Flavor
- Classic sweet, floral Nam Doc Mai character with smooth, fiberless flesh.
- Tree
- Less precocious and more vertical than Nam Doc Mai #4 in the featured planting.
- South Florida note
- The speaker observed less splitting than with #4 and personally preferred Sia Tong between the two.
ALSO MENTIONED
Names to continue exploring
Maha Chanok
Named with Tong Dam as an Alex favorite for a richer, more complex ripe flavor.
Tong Dam
Named with Maha Chanok as an Alex favorite; not profiled in detail in this video.
Nam Doc Mai
Presented as the most familiar, prototypical Thai mango family.
Nam Doc Mai Moon
The speaker’s preferred Nam Doc Mai selection, reserved for a separate video.