While Indian mangos are getting rejected in the US, Pakistan is busy planting the world’s rarest and most expensive mangos in Karachi. The rare Japanese-origin Miyazaki is now being cultivated in Malir Memon Goth, where it is selling for an eye-watering Rs 300,000 per kilogram.
Famed for its striking purple color and exceptional sweetness, the Miyazaki mango was first grown in Japan’s Miyazaki city. On the international market, it commands prices between $800 and $900 per kilogram, making it one of the priciest fruits in the world.
The journey of this exotic fruit to Pakistan began six years ago, when Ghulam Hashim Noorani imported a sapling from Japan. Since then, he has successfully cultivated the mango in Malir, with the fruit now fetching up to Rs 250,000 to Rs 300,000 locally.
According to Faheem, the gardener tending the tree, the mangoes are mainly prepared for export. “This is the first and only Miyazaki mango tree in Pakistan, and it’s right here in Malir,” he said.
The Miyazaki mango stands out for its deep purple hue, luscious pulp, and ultra-sweet, juicy flavor. It is fiberless, exceptionally soft, and aromatic, melting in the mouth like cream. Its premium quality and rarity have earned it nicknames such as “Eggs of Sunshine” and “Dinosaur’s Egg” due to its radiant color and unique shape.
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These mangoes would have been a unique quality of mangoes.
Instead of exporting it for the first
few crops; he should either sell it locally in high price per piece to other farmers or consume it himself to cultivate the mango seed for a huge crop so that there is a big number of these mangoes for export in the coming years