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Mammea americana

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Malpighiales Family: Calophyllaceae Genus: Mammea

mamey, mammee apple

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 512 (1753)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Mammea americana North Shore Preserved_Specimen Lindberg, B. Oahu BISH 1986-06-01
2 Mammea americana Allerton Garden in Lawai Valley, Lawai-kai. Cutting flower garden, east side of Lawai Stream. Alluvial river plain. Preserved_Specimen Evergreen tree 12 meters tall, trunk 35 cm. dbh. Leaves coriaceous, glossy above, costa and petioles yellow, sap yellow. Young fruits green turning corky brown as matures, seeds brown. Lorence, D.H. 10681 Kauai BISH 2017-02-13
3 Mammea americana Honolulu, Emma Street, grounds of Pacific Club Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1938-09-01
4 Mammea americana North Shore Preserved_Specimen Lindberg, B. Oahu BISH 1986-06-01
5 Mammea americana Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Hudson, L.G. Oahu BISH 1944-04-10
6 Mammea americana Wailua Homestead Area, s.w. side of Nohou Mts tree in old pasture Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 3715 Kauai BISH 1961-08-10
7 Mammea americana Wahiawa Bot. Garden, Kuraoka Terrace. Provenance: ex hort. 2 trees to right of gate on Clark Place, small deadend lane parallel to Botanical Garden fence. On flat terrace, in full sun, close to fence. Grid square C-1 on Kuraoka Terrace map Preserved_Specimen Tree ca 4 m tall; trunk covered in plated bark; sap milky; leaves opposite, thickly leathery, dark green waxy, crowded near branch ends. No flowers seen. Fruits globose, brown, scurfy, 15-25 cm diameter inside firmly pulpy, orange, with 1 to few large seeds in center; pulp clings firmly to seeds. Ground under the tree is covered with fallen fruits Staples, G.W. 1605 Oahu BISH 2014-12-10
8 Mammea americana Judd St tree Preserved_Specimen flowers: white with brownish Fruit:brown in color. Edible. Brown, B. 1263 Oahu BISH 1925-10-04
9 Mammea americana Honolulu, 2425 Nuuanu Ave. E.G. Wodehouse's garden Preserved_Specimen tree bears male fls. only, so far as seen, never fruits, 40+ years. old, 100+ ft. high Olsmith, Mrs.V. Oahu BISH 1939-11-04
10 Mammea americana Honolulu, Nuuanu Valley, Old Pali Road Preserved_Specimen #NAME? Clay, H.F. Oahu BISH 1954-08-12
11 Mammea americana Honolulu, King St., Bd. of Agric and Forestry Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 448 Oahu BISH 1927-01-17
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