Mango flowers consist of small flowers that form a "flower cluster" (see photo). A flower cluster contains hundreds to thousands of flowers, but only a few of them become fruit. The flowers in a flower cluster bloom at different times of the year, so it can take more than a month for a single flower cluster to bloom from start to finish. Each "flower" blooms for only one day and can only be pollinated in the morning.

　A mango flower generally has one pistil and one stamen (see photo). Although the amount of pollen produced by each flower is very small compared to other fruit trees, many cultivars are "self-pollinating," meaning that they can bear fruit from their own pollen, so it is possible to plant only one variety and still produce fruit.

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