Mammea
Mammea is a flowering plant genus with about 70 species in the family Calophyllaceae.[1] Its members are evergreen trees having edible fruits. The flowers are polygamous, with a unitary calyx opening into two or three valvate sepals.[2] There are 4 to 8 petals. Berries are formed, containing 1 to 4 seeds. The leaves are rigid, coriaceous and often have pellucid dots.
| Mammea | |
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| Mammea americana fruit cross-section | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Calophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Mammea L. |
| Species | |
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~50, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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.
Selected species
- Mammea africana – African mammee apple
- Mammea americana
- 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
References
- Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/
- Xi-wen Li, Jie Li, and Peter Stevens, "Mammea Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 512. 1753", Flora of ChinaCS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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