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Who was the first monk to introduce mangoes outside India?
Mango has been planted in China for 300 years. Mango has been introduced into China for more than 300 years. Mango is a tropical evergreen tree, belonging to the genus Mangifera, which is 9 to 27 meters high, and some trees are very short, about two meters high. Leaves are lanceolate, oily green and shiny, flowers are small and numerous, and the terminal panicle has red and yellow flowers. The flesh is yellow, fibrous, sweet and sour, fragrant and juicy, and the core is big. Trees have a long life span, which can reach hundreds of years.

Mango is native to India and Malaysia, among which India has the longest cultivation history and the largest output, accounting for 80% of the world's output. It is said that the name of mango comes from the Thai-Mi Le language in southern India. Indians first discovered wild mango trees, but their fruits were inedible. They cultivated and selected mangoes, and finally cultivated edible mangoes. In summer, the weather is very hot, mango trees grow luxuriantly, and the leaves are luxuriantly connected, blocking the blazing sun. You can sit under the tree and enjoy the cool, which is very comfortable. Mango has been discovered and cultivated for more than 4000 years.

Master Xuanzang was ordered by Emperor Taizong to go west from the first year of Zhenguan to the nineteenth year of Zhenguan. During his travels, he wrote a long article describing the territory, climate, mountains and rivers, customs, human feelings, language, religion, Buddhist temples and a large number of historical legends and fairy tales of1/8 countries and 28 city-states. There is a record in "The Tale of the Western Regions of Datang" that "Amber Luoguo is rare in the world". Up to now, people agree that the first person who introduced mango into India was Master Xuanzang, a monk in the Tang Dynasty in China, and then it was introduced to Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia, and then to Mediterranean countries. Mango was not introduced to Brazil, the West Indies and Florida in the United States until the18th century. Now, there are large areas of mango forest in these places.

According to the above data, it is inferred that mango was introduced into China from the first year of Zhenguan to the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, and it can be inferred that mango was introduced into China from 1370 to 1388.