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Re:Growing a mango tree from seed – one year time lapse [video] by culi on Saturday February 12, 2022 @11:42AM (#30314085)
Yes this is exactly it. Mangoes lost their megafaunal partners (giant sloths?) so they're evolutionary anachronisms

Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1259/

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Re:Growing a mango tree from seed – one year time lapse [video] by joshuaissac on Saturday February 12, 2022 @06:28PM (#30317429)
Giant sloths lived in South America, where they were the likely megafaunal partners of the avocado.

The megafaunal partner of the mango is probably the elephant, which is still extant in the native range of the mango.

https://blog.plover.com/bio/urushiol-2.html

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Re:Growing a mango tree from seed – one year time lapse [video] by culi on Saturday February 12, 2022 @07:22PM (#30317781)
Oh you're totally right. I forgot mangoes were from India. Thanks for the correction!
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