Storia do Mogor 265.21.7

265.21.7

As I have promised to speak of the fruits of India, chiefly of the mango and jack-fruit, I may mention that the best mangoes grow in the island of Goa. They have special names, which are as follows: mangoes of Niculao Affonso, Malaiasses (? of Malacca), Carreira branca (white Carreira), Carreira vermehla (red Carreira) of Conde, of Joani Parreira, Babia [229] (large and round), of Araup, of Porta, of Secreta, of Mainato, of Our Lady, of Agua de Lupe. These are again divided into varieties, with special colour, scent, and flavour. I have eaten many that had the taste of the peaches, plums, pears, and apples of Europe. The mango is a little bit heating and laxative, and however many you eat of them, with or without bread, you still desire to eat more, and they do you no harm. While still unripe they are added to dishes, to pasties, et cetera. The juice of the ripe fruit mixed with milk is drunk, and is sustaining. They also make the fruit into preserves, which are exported to various places; various kinds of pickles are also made, which keep good for two years, and the stones are employed in medicine. The tree on which the mango is grown is the size of a walnut-tree; the fruit grows in clusters, like plums in Europe.