“Mangoes fall off the tree when they’re ripe,” says Francisco Vargas, executive sous chef at Hawai'i's Kona Village, A Rosewood Resort, which has dozens of mature mango trees on the property ...

The ripe fruit has a red blush skin with bits of yellow and green. Juicy and low-fiber Kent mangoes are available December through February. The large oval mango is dark green with a small portion ...