Ten Fun Facts about Mango

1. Mango juice can stain your chin yellow. 

2. Your nose, too.

3. Today most mango eaten on the Island of San Andrés is shipped from Barranquilla or Cartagena.

4. When grown-ups here were children there were so many that they fed them to pigs. On SAI's less inhabited sister island Providence, mangos still litter the way. 

5. Many mango trees on the island are losing a battle with the hibiscus mealybug.

6. Sanandresanos like to eat green mango. They are about half the size of ripe mango, crunchy and salted.

7. Colombians like to eat mango with the peel (see comment).

8. Eating mango can make your skin more sensitive to UV rays.

9. Mango harvest in San Andrés is once a year, in August. 

10. Mango is delicious.

Note: I am sorry if I have given the impression that any of these statements are factual.