It's very, very, very fibrous and stringy and it tastes just like its name. You don't want to eat one, unless you've resolved to give up eating mangos and are finding it difficult. Eat one and you won't think the same way about mangos again for a long time.

I had the same thing happen to the one I bought. Graft died and then the root stock started putting out a leaf. It also died. :(
As far as the turpine mango, I like the taste but that is what I grew up on. Also Mango trees make a nice tree.
Guess it's your call?

If it was mine I'd practice making a graft. You can search utube or google and see how to do it. Growers regularly renew their trees by cutting them down to just trunk and then doing a "cleft graft".

You need to find someone with a really nice mango tree and beg a cutting or two and give it a try. You got nothin to lose :-)
In fact if you use 2 different mango cuttings you could have a really unique tree.

Denise

It may or may not be grafted to a turpentine, but to me it's not worth the time to find out. I'd pay the $30 and buy a quality variety.

Gary