The mangoes came to the Caribbean from Reunion Island. It is one of the finest and old tropical fruits.

In Dominican Republic, the majority of flowering and fruiting occurs from January to February.

The Dominican Republic has excellent prospects for mango production, both for domestic consumption and for export, since it has ideal natural conditions for the development of this crop, and has comparative and competitive advantages over other countries in Latin America.

In Dominican Republic mango has grown wild for years. There are still large areas of wild production level that are collected and brought to market through the marketing chain. In this sense, the mango production in commercial plantations is a relatively new economic activity, dating from the eighties and nineties.

The Mango banilejo, which mostly beginning in grows wild in Baní and in other parts of the country, has become a class the Dominican Mango that stands for quality, taste, smell and color of.

The average size of mango plantations in Dominican Republic is 2.1 hectares per farmer. The current area for mango cultivation is more than 3,858 hectares, being the southwest the largest acreage in the country with 68% of the total area sown.

The province with the largest area planted is Peravia over 1,127.75 ha, fallowed by San Cristóbal with 484.70 ha, 243.51 ha and Azua to San Juan de la Maguana whith 112.22 ha.

Mango growing area in the Dominican Republic