Hyderabad, May 1 -- Two Columbian farmers have set a Guinness World record by growing the heaviest ever mango.

The farmers German Orlando Novoa Barrera and Reina Maria Marroquin grew mangos at Columbia's Guayat area, and the mango weighed about 4.25 kilograms. The previous record was from the Philippines with a mango weighting 3.43 kilograms. The record has not been touched since 2009.

The farmers in an interview with Guinness said that they participated in the competition after seeing the difference in the growth of the fruit from the other ones and checked out on any mango related records after the suggestion of German's daughter.

"Our goal with Guinness records is to show to the world that people in Columbia are humble, hardworking ...