Meet the “Mango Man” of India Kalimullah Khan who grew a Mango tree with more than 300 Varieties

 Meet the “Mango Man” of India Kalimullah Khan who grew a Mango tree with more than 300 Varieties

Kalimullah Khan, age 80, known as the “Mango Man,”of India has created a magical mango tree that grows more than 300 varieties. Its huge canopy, which stands tall in a nursery near Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh's capital, is wide enough to seat 15 people for a picnic, and its branches are laden with fruit. Each branch's leaves have a different texture: Others are shiny and bright, while others are dull green or olive green. The mangoes on each branch are also unique, being rectangular, oval, or kidney-shaped, and varying in color from green to yellow to brown, pink, and purple. Khan's mango farm is located in Malihabad, a vast mango belt and mango lover's delight in Northern India, with over 10,000 hectares equivalent to around 40 square miles of mango farms. Khan tends to cultivate 22 acres of farmland that his grandfather cultivated in the early 1900s, with the aid of his son. Khan dropped out of high school to pursue this as a career, and his family produced only a few local varieties, similar to nearby mango farms. When Khan was 15, he saw crossbred roses in a friend's backyard, with one rose plant producing flowers in various colors, the seeds of his fascination with mango grafting were sown. It made him wonder if different types of fruits could be produced by the same tree. When he was 17, he grafted seven different mango varieties onto a single tree. When floods destroyed the oak, he was absolutely devastated, but he was eager to learn more about grafting, which he had learnt about on his family's orchards. Khan perfected the technique of cutting a branch from one tree, chopping notched angles into it, and then adding the orphaned cutting to a new, hybrid tree over time. He began grafting cuttings of various varieties onto a 100-year-old mango tree in 1987. He gathered samples from all over the world, looking for unusual varieties. According to Khan, the tree now produces more than 300 different mango varieties. It's known as Al Muquaraar, or The Resolute, by him. He not only grafts, but also breeds new mango hybrids, experimenting with flavor and texture, as well as giving them unusual names. He has sent new mangoes the names Narendra Modi (Namo Aam) and Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Khan has had superstar guests to the homestead and won various honors, including the Padma Shri, one of India's most noteworthy non military personnel grants, and records in the Limca Book of Records. He has visited Dubai and Iran to show the craft of grafting, and in 1999, he made a mango tree with in excess of 54 assortments for the Mughal Gardens joined to the Rastrapathi Bhavan, the official residence of the President of India. Troopel is also available on Telegram , click here to join .