History records that Pathans brought the mango to India. Not surprisingly, some of its best varieties come from the Pathani 
settlement of Malihabad, 20 km from Luckmow. The names are as divine as the fruit. The Husnaro is a half red, half green variety; the Gulab Khas changes its colour on the tree; the Khas-o-Khas is so named because its taste is unmatched. The mangoes of Malihabad (and its lesser known cousin Rahimabad) get their taste from the lower percentage of sand in the soil. Another legend has sprouted some kilometers from Malihabad at Kakori where some 300 years ago a tree is believed to have yielded that king of mangoes: dussheri. And while mango aficionados can reel off 40-50 varieties with ease, Kaleemullah Khan, owner of the Abdullah nursery at Malihabad, has grafted 300 varieties of mangos on a single tree.
settlement of Malihabad, 20 km from Luckmow. The names are as divine as the fruit. The Husnaro is a half red, half green variety; the Gulab Khas changes its colour on the tree; the Khas-o-Khas is so named because its taste is unmatched. The mangoes of Malihabad (and its lesser known cousin Rahimabad) get their taste from the lower percentage of sand in the soil. Another legend has sprouted some kilometers from Malihabad at Kakori where some 300 years ago a tree is believed to have yielded that king of mangoes: dussheri. And while mango aficionados can reel off 40-50 varieties with ease, Kaleemullah Khan, owner of the Abdullah nursery at Malihabad, has grafted 300 varieties of mangos on a single tree. 
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