Mammea is a flowering plant genus with about 70 species in the 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 plants are dioecious, i.e. each individual plant produces either male or female flowers only. The calyx is fully fused initially, splitting into two or three valvate sepals. There are four to eight petals. Berries are formed, containing one to four 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 M. immansueta), about 20 species, including M. africana and M. usambarensis in mainland Africa and many in Madagascar, with the remainder in Indomalaya and the Pacific region. , Plants of the World Online accepts the following 45 species:
Mammea acuminata (Kosterm.) Kosterm. Mammea africana Sabine – African mammee apple Mammea americana L. Mammea anastomosans (Miq.) Kosterm. Mammea angustifolia Planch. & Triana Mammea aruana Kosterm. Mammea bongo (R.Vig. & Humbert) Kosterm. Mammea brevipetiolata Kosterm. Mammea calciphila Kosterm. Mammea calophylloides Kosterm. Mammea cauliflora (Baker) P.F.Stevens Mammea congregata (Boerl.) Kosterm. Mammea cordata P.F.Stevens Mammea eugenioides Planch. & Triana Mammea glauca (Merr.) Kosterm. Mammea glaucifolia (H.Perrier) Kosterm. Mammea grandifolia P.F.Stevens Mammea harmandii (Pierre) Kosterm. Mammea immansueta D'Arcy Mammea lancilimba Kosterm. Mammea malayana Kosterm. Mammea megaphylla (J.-F.Leroy) P.F.Stevens Mammea micrantha (Pierre) Kosterm. Mammea nervosa (Kurz) Kosterm. Mammea neurophylla (Schltr.) Kosterm. Mammea novoguineensis (Kaneh. & Hatus.) Kosterm. Mammea odorata (Raf.) Kosterm. Mammea papuana (Lauterb.) Kosterm. Mammea papyracea P.F.Stevens Mammea pseudoprotorhus (H.Perrier) P.F.Stevens Mammea punctata (H.Perrier) P.F.Stevens Mammea ramiflora (Merr.) Kosterm. Mammea reticulata Kosterm. Mammea sanguinea (Jum. & H.Perrier) Kosterm. Mammea sessiliflora Planch. & Triana Mammea siamensis (Miq.) T.Anderson Mammea sinclairii Kosterm. Mammea suriga (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Kosterm. Mammea timorensis Kosterm. Mammea touriga (C.T.White & W.D.Francis) L.S.Sm. Mammea usambarensis Verdc. Mammea veimauriensis P.F.Stevens Mammea woodii Kosterm. Mammea yunnanensis (H.L.Li) Kosterm. Mammea zeereae P.F.Stevens
References
External links Mammea siamensis