Mammea Sinclairii
''Mammea'' is a flowering plant genus with about 70 species in the family (biology), family Calophyllaceae.Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/ Its members are evergreen trees having edible fruits. The flowers are polygamous, with a unitary sepal, calyx opening into two or three valvate sepals. There are 4 to 8 petals. Berry (botany), Berries are formed, containing 1 to 4 seeds. The leaves are rigid, coriaceous and often have pellucid dots. Species A least two species are found in tropical America and the West Indies (''Mammea americana'' and ''Mammea immansueta, M. immansueta''), about 20 species, including ''Mammea africana, M. africana'' and ''Mammea usambarensis, M. usambarensis'' in mainland Africa and many in Madagascar, with the remainder in Indomalaya and the Pacific region. ''Plants of the World Online'' currently includes: # ''Mammea acuminata'' (Kosterm.) Kosterm. # ''Mammea afri ...
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Mammea Americana
''Mammea americana'', commonly known as mammee, mammee apple, mamey, mamey apple, Santo Domingo apricot, tropical apricot, or South American apricot, is an evergreen tree of the family Calophyllaceae, whose fruit is edible. It has also been classified as belonging to the family Guttiferae Juss. (1789), which would make it a relative of the mangosteen. In certain Latin American countries, ''Mammea americana'' is referred to as "yellow mamey" ( es, mamey amarillo) to distinguish it from the unrelated but similar-looking ''Pouteria sapota'', whose fruit is usually called "red mamey" ( or ). Description Tree The mammee tree is high and is similar in appearance to the southern magnolia ''(Magnolia grandiflora)''. Its trunk is short and reaches in diameter. The tree's upright branches form an oval head. Its dark-green foliage is quite dense, with opposite, leathery, elliptical leaves. The leaves can reach wide and twice as long. The mammee flower is fragrant, has four or six ...
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