Mango
A mango is the edible, fleshy fruit of the tropical tree Mangifera indica, widely cultivated for its sweet flavour.
Also known as: mango fruit, Mangifera indica fruit
How big is it?
14 cm · defined fruit length
Also 5.512 in
Defined fruit length · defined specimen
Typical recorded range: 10 cm to 18 cm.
A little perspective
Mango vs Human brain: length comparison
The front-to-back length of the human brain is about 1.07 times the fruit length of a mango.
A mango is the edible, fleshy fruit of the tropical tree Mangifera indica, widely cultivated for its sweet flavour.
The human brain is the organ that processes sensory information and coordinates thought, memory, movement and many body functions.
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Measurements, assumptions & sources +
Mango
Defined fruit length: 14 cm; defined specimen; range 10 cm–18 cm.
A defined medium mango 14 cm long using a 336 g whole-fruit reference mass. Cultivar and ripeness vary; the stem and leaf are excluded from calibrated fruit length.
USDA FoodData Central — raw fruit portions
The marked defined fruit length is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
Human brain
Representative front-to-back length: 15 cm; defined specimen; range 14 cm–17 cm.
A defined adult-brain specimen 15 cm front to back and 1.4 kg. Brain size and mass vary by person; these values are comparison anchors, not health benchmarks.
Defined examples — our methodology
The marked representative front-to-back length is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
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Why this measurement?
Why we use 14 cm
We compare the fruit length of a mango. This is an illustrative comparison value, not a claim that every example is the same. The recorded range is 10 cm to 18 cm.
A defined medium mango 14 cm long using a 336 g whole-fruit reference mass. Cultivar and ripeness vary; the stem and leaf are excluded from calibrated fruit length.
The marked vertical span follows the measured feature, not the edges of the image. How calibrated comparisons work →
Recorded properties
Dimensions and measurements
| Property | Selected value | Recorded range | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 cm | 10 cm to 18 cm | defined specimen | |
| 336 g | 250 g to 450 g | defined specimen |
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- USDA FoodData Central — raw fruit portionsReference serving masses for raw fruits; dimensions remain explicit atlas specimen choices.
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