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# Number One

Number One is a name from Cameroon’s anglophone zone.

## About this name

This record preserves a local name and its context. A complete tasting guide and cultivar photograph have not yet been added.

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Names, history & sources

## Recorded names

A shared name does not by itself establish an identical cultivar. Place, language and source matter.

**Number One**

West Africa

Name recorded in CIRAD’s regional cultivar history.

- [The mango in French-speaking West Africa: varieties and varietal composition of the orchards (CIRAD)](https://publications.cirad.fr/une_notice.php?dk=537356)

- [Rey et al., Mango varieties and orchards of West Africa (2007), full paper](https://agritrop.cirad.fr/537356/1/ID537356.pdf)

**Mangue du littoral**

Francophone Cameroonian name.

- [Rey et al., Mango varieties and orchards of West Africa (2007), full paper](https://agritrop.cirad.fr/537356/1/ID537356.pdf)

## One mango, several regional names

Documented history: consult the claims and qualifications in the cited sources.

The Cameroon mango spread from Douala through seed propagation. Number One is an anglophone name, not a quality ranking.

[Read the full story](https://mangoranking.com/stories/regional-number-one.md)

- [Rey et al., Mango varieties and orchards of West Africa (2007), full paper](https://agritrop.cirad.fr/537356/1/ID537356.pdf)

## Places in this record

Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin.

- **West Africa**

  Catalogue association

  CIRAD groups Number One among local or polyembryonic mango types in West Africa; it is presented as a group name.

  - [The mango in French-speaking West Africa: varieties and varietal composition of the orchards (CIRAD)](https://publications.cirad.fr/une_notice.php?dk=537356)

- **Cameroon → West Africa**

  A place in the story

  Setting of “One mango, several regional names”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.

  - [Rey et al., Mango varieties and orchards of West Africa (2007), full paper](https://agritrop.cirad.fr/537356/1/ID537356.pdf)

- **Cameroon**

  A recorded historical connection

  Place associated in the cited history; this is not a claim of botanical origin.

  - [Rey et al., Mango varieties and orchards of West Africa (2007), full paper](https://agritrop.cirad.fr/537356/1/ID537356.pdf)

[Harvest calendars by growing place](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md). These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season.

## Sources

- [The mango in French-speaking West Africa: varieties and varietal composition of the orchards (CIRAD)](https://publications.cirad.fr/une_notice.php?dk=537356)

- [Rey et al., Mango varieties and orchards of West Africa (2007), full paper](https://agritrop.cirad.fr/537356/1/ID537356.pdf)

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