Large, late yellow mango. Origin: India. Imported to Florida twice, as Sandersha in 1901 and Totapuri in the early 1960s. The seed parent of Anderson and Brooks, which itself is the seed parent of Kent. Called Totapuri in Bangalore and Bangalora in much of the rest of India. Tree: medium-sized, vigorous, spreading with open canopy. Fruit: greenish-yellow with a pink blush and a few small white dots, oblong, base rounded, apex rounded to bluntly pointed with a large beak, 175–200 mm long by 90–115 mm broad by 85–105 mm thick, weighing 800–1100 g, skin thick, tough and adherent, flesh firm and medium juicy, with abundant fiber, lemon-yellow, rich and spicy with a weak, somewhat repugnant aroma, of poor to fair quality; often used for cooking. Seed monoembryonic in a thin, papery stone. Late midseason, productive and regular bearing. Fruit cracks when exposed to heavy rains at ripening time.
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