Steem-Agro Drawing Contest 13: Agriculture Through Art

My finished work. A mango fruit is a fleshly, oval or circular shape fruit with yellow-red skin when ripe but green when unripe. It is a fruit from the family of drupe fleshy fruit with a hard nut inside called the endocarp. Mangoes are grown in almost across the continents of the globe. It is a juicy fruit that tastes very sweet when ripe. It is a perennial crop that produces annually in some parts of globe. A greater number of people eat mango because of vitamins and minerals that it gives to the body. There are a lot of facts about mango that you need to know.

*The name mango is believed to have come from India with Tamil word, 'mankay', through colonial contact with the European. During colonial trade with the European, the name mankay was changed to mango.

*Mango has more than twenty different vitamins and minerals it comes with.

*India is the world's largest producer of mango with over 20million tonnes of mango produced for home consumption.

*Mango was first planted in India in Southern region of the country called Myanmar.

*According to Guinness World Record, the world's biggest and heaviest mango is longer than a ruler with 3,435kg and measured 30.48cm in length.

Mango fruit is very important to human health.

*Mango is a good source of vitamins A, C, and D. As a fruit, it helps in good eye-sight.

*Mango is believed to help in controlling blood pressure, thereby preventing disease associated with high blood pressure.

*Mango helps in stopping the growth of cancer cells.

*It boosts immune system that fights against diseases.

*Mango helps in preventing constipation. The juice in the fruits dissolves undigested food and eliminate them from the body.

*Mango also help to maintain healthy skin and hair follicle.

Let me invite my friends: @nsisong2020, @eno-obong and @seth to join me in this contest.