Pico (mango)

{{Short description|Variety of fruit}}

{{other uses|Carabao (disambiguation)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Use Philippine English|date=March 2021}}

{{Infobox cultivar

| name = Mangifera 'Pico'

| image = 220px

| image_caption = Ripe and unripe pico mangoes from Bulacan

| genus = Mangifera

| cultivar = 'Pico'

| origin = Philippines

| marketing_names = Piko
Padero

}}

The Pico mango (also spelt piko), also known as padero, is a variety of mango from the Philippines. Along with the Carabao mango, it is among the most commonly commercially cultivated mango cultivar in the Philippines.{{cite book |last1=Western |first1=Peter Jansen |title=The Mango |date=1920 |publisher=Bureau of Printing |location=Manila |url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/philamer/AJZ3519.0001.001?view=toc}}

Pico mangoes are characterized by highly elongated fruits, reaching up to {{convert|12.5|cm|in}} in length but only around {{convert|8|cm|in|abbr=on}} in diameter. It is distinctly flattened in comparison to the Carabao mango. Ripe fruits are pale yellow to light orange in color. The flesh of ripe fruits is sweet, colored rich orange that usually turn reddish near the tips. The flesh is soft but not as soft as Carabao mangoes.

Like other Southeast Asian-type mangoes, Pico mangoes are polyembryonic, in contrast to Indian-type mangoes. The fruiting season is from May to July.

Pico mangoes are similar in appearance to another native cultivar, the Kabayo or Cabayo mango (lit. "horse mango", not to be confused with the horse mango which is a different species). Kabayo mangoes are also highly elongated in shape. But Kabayo mangoes are rounder in cross-section (not flattened) with a sloped back similar to a Carabao mango, but with the flesh consistency of a Pico mango.{{cite journal |last1=De Leon y German |first1=Jose |title=Forms of some Philippine fruits |journal=The Philippine Agriculturist and Forester |date=December 1916 |volume=5 |issue=8 |pages=251-283}}