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.
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| Mammea americana fruit cross-section | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Calophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Mammea L. |
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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.[citation needed]
Selected speciesEdit
- 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
SynonymyEdit
Synonyms of this genus are:
- Ochrocarpos Noronha ex Thouars
- Paramammea J.-F.Leroy
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 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)
External linksEdit
- Mammea siamensis (in Thai)
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