Everyone is talking about the Irvingia Gabonensis supplement, the new weight loss supplement that has finally arrived in the western world. The fruit and dried seed of the African Mango (Irvingia Gabonensis), as it is commonly called, has been used for centuries by natives of western and central Africa where it is prized for its nutritional and medicinal properties. It is only in recent years that western scientists have discovered the effectiveness of African mango extract as a weight loss supplement.