Naomi is an Israeli mango selection associated with Palmer parentage, grown for attractive red-blushed fruit, smooth flesh, and a mild classic mango flavor.
Mango Characteristics
Origin: Israel
Flavor: Classic
Sweetness: Good
Brix: N/A
Sourness: Mild
Fiber: None
Fruit Size: Medium
Eaten Green: No
Production: Good
Season: Mid
Growth: Average
Disease Resistant: Good
Tree Size: Medium
Small-yard: Yes (with maintenance)
Container: Yes
Seed Type: Monoembryonic
Naomi Mango Overview
Also known as: Naomi
Naomi belongs in the classic flavor lane on Mangopedia. For growers and collectors, the important question is not only how sweet the fruit can be, but whether the tree habit, production, season, and disease tolerance fit the planting space.
Flavor and Fruit Notes
This profile lists Naomi as a Classic-flavored mango with Good sweetness, Mild sourness, and None fiber. Fruit size is listed as Medium. These are practical tasting categories for comparing mangoes across the Mangopedia directory, not a replacement for tasting fruit from a well-grown tree.
Tree and Growing Notes
Growth is listed as Average, tree size as Medium, and production as Good. Small-yard suitability is Yes (with maintenance), while container suitability is Yes. In humid Florida-style conditions, disease resistance and canopy management should be watched closely, especially for varieties with only average documented resistance.
Collector Notes
Naomi is most useful to compare against nearby varieties in the same origin or flavor group. The notes above intentionally keep unsupported details as N/A rather than turning collector rumor into fact. Better field observations, nursery descriptions, or primary breeding records can be added as they become available.
Related Mangopedia Pages
Sources reviewed: Tropical Acres Farms Naomi; Mangopedia existing page notes; common cultivar references describing Naomi as an Israeli Palmer seedling. Existing Mangopedia Brix values were preserved unless a reliable source clearly disproved them.