Mango 'encyclopaedia' grafts 80 mango varieties onto a single tree

EVERY summer, as the scent of ripe mangoes fills the air in Karuthaparamba village, one house stands out—not for its architecture, but for what grows in its yard.

- POOJA NAIR @ Kozhikode

EVERY summer, as the scent of ripe mangoes fills the air in Karuthaparamba village, one house stands out—not for its architecture, but for what grows in its yard. Step through the gates of Poyiil Abdurahman's home and you enter a world where borders dissolve, and mangoes from around the globe thrive together—on a single tree.

Yes, one tree. And on it, grows more than 80 different varieties of mangoes—from Kerala's own Chandrakaran and Kilichundan to Thailand's Nam Dok Mai, the American Red Palmer, Indonesia's Grampoo, and even the golden king of Chakapat.