the aphrodisiac allure of mango

Mango groves were considered status symbols in Southeast Asia throughout much of history. They were and still are considered symbols of male sexuality in that part of the world - the Thai men seem to have an inflated image of their importance manhood if you get what I mean.

Indian men are among the most fond of fondling the succulent fruit. One Indian poet, perhaps the victim of a fermented mango juice OD, took his affair with the ripe fruit so far as to dub whole mangoes as “sealed jars of paradisiacal honey.” India, it should be added, is the nation in which men are prescribed mango therapy to increase virility. It is unknown whether there is truth to its properties as a miracle cure or if mango therapy is simply a ploy to bump up mango consumption in the world's leading mango-producing nation.