Mammea is a flowering plant genus with about 70 species in the family Calophyllaceae. 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

thumb|right|Mammea suriga flower

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 <small>(Kosterm.) Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea africana <small>Sabine</small> – African mammee apple
  • Mammea americana <small>L.</small>
  • Mammea anastomosans <small>(Miq.) Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea angustifolia <small>Planch. & Triana</small>
  • Mammea aruana <small>Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea bongo <small>(R.Vig. & Humbert) Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea brevipetiolata <small>Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea calciphila <small>Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea calophylloides <small>Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea cauliflora <small>(Baker) P.F.Stevens</small>
  • Mammea congregata <small>(Boerl.) Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea cordata <small>P.F.Stevens</small>
  • Mammea eugenioides <small>Planch. & Triana</small>
  • Mammea glauca <small>(Merr.) Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea glaucifolia <small>(H.Perrier) Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea grandifolia <small>P.F.Stevens</small>
  • Mammea harmandii <small>(Pierre) Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea immansueta <small>D'Arcy</small>
  • Mammea lancilimba <small>Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea malayana <small>Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea megaphylla <small>(J.-F.Leroy) P.F.Stevens</small>
  • Mammea micrantha <small>(Pierre) Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea nervosa <small>(Kurz) Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea neurophylla <small>(Schltr.) Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea novoguineensis <small>(Kaneh. & Hatus.) Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea odorata <small>(Raf.) Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea papuana <small>(Lauterb.) Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea papyracea <small>P.F.Stevens</small>
  • Mammea pseudoprotorhus <small>(H.Perrier) P.F.Stevens</small>
  • Mammea punctata <small>(H.Perrier) P.F.Stevens</small>
  • Mammea ramiflora <small>(Merr.) Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea reticulata <small>Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea sanguinea <small>(Jum. & H.Perrier) Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea sessiliflora <small>Planch. & Triana</small>
  • Mammea siamensis <small>(Miq.) T.Anderson</small>
  • Mammea sinclairii <small>Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea suriga <small>(Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea timorensis <small>Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea touriga <small>(C.T.White & W.D.Francis) L.S.Sm.</small>
  • Mammea usambarensis <small>Verdc.</small>
  • Mammea veimauriensis <small>P.F.Stevens</small>
  • Mammea woodii <small>Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea yunnanensis <small>(H.L.Li) Kosterm.</small>
  • Mammea zeereae <small>P.F.Stevens</small>

References

  • Mammea siamensis