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Mammea

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Kingdom
  
Scientific name
  
Mammea

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Higher classification
  
Clusiaceae

Order
  
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Lower classifications
  
Mammea americana, Mammea siamensis, Mammea usambarensis, Mammea tinsis, Mammea grandifolia

Mammea americana abrico tree


Mammea is a flowering plant genus with about 50 species in the family Calophyllaceae. Its members are evergreen trees having edible one-seeded fruits. The flowers are polygamous, with a globular calyx opening into two valvate sepals. There are 4 to 6 petals. Indehiscent drupes are formed, containing 1 to 4 seeds. The leaves are rigid, coriaceous and often have pellucid dots.

Contents

One species (Mammea americana) is found in tropical America and the West Indies, one species in tropical Africa, 20 in Madagascar and 27 in Indomalaya and the Pacific region.

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Selected species

  • Mammea africana – African mammee apple
  • Mammea americana
  • Mammea asiatica
  • Mammea cerera
  • Mammea coumarins
  • Mammea emarginata
  • Mammea grandifolia
  • Mammea immansueta
  • Mammea longifolia
  • Mammea malayana
  • Mammea novoguineensis
  • Mammea odorata – chopak
  • Mammea papuana
  • Mammea papyracea
  • Mammea siamensis
  • Mammea suriga
  • Mammea timorensis
  • Mammea touriga
  • Mammea usambarensis
  • Mammea veimauriensis
  • Synonymy

    Synonyms of this genus are:

  • Ochrocarpos Noronha ex Thouars
  • Paramammea J.-F.Leroy
  • References

    Mammea Wikipedia