is generally used for export. Alphanso is named after Afonso De Albuquerque. This was an exquisite and expensive variety of අඹ, that he used to bring on his journeys to Goa. The locals took to calling it Aphoos in Konkani and in Maharashtra the pronunciation got further corrupted to Hapoos. This variety then was taken to the Konkan region of Maharashtra and other parts of India. Banginapalli from Andhra Pradesh, Ratnagiri and Devgad Hapoos from Maharashtra are among the most prized varieties in south India. Lucknow and Varanasi අඹ are prized in the north of the country, where Uttar Pradesh state dominates the production tables.Certain අඹ varieties are picked raw and turned into spicy pickles.  Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states in the south, and Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh in the north are major producers of pickle-variety අඹ  and specialize in making a variety of අඹ pickles. These pickles can be very spicy, and tend to have large regional differences in taste. Generally, once ripe, අ