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|accepted_name=Mammea
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 512. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 228. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Mammee- or mamey-apple
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Calophyllaceae;Mammea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Calophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Mammea]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin mamma, breast or teat, alluding to fruit
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 64
|treatment_page=page 65
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> glabrous, without stilt or loop roots. <b>Stems</b> terete. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole caniculate, without adaxial protuberance; blade coriaceous, venation closely pinnate, without clear submarginal vein, with tertiary venation prominent between lateral veins, with glandular dots in areoles. <b>Inflorescences</b> fasciculate or flowers solitary; peduncle absent; bracts absent. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual or unisexual, stellate; sepals persistent, 2(or 3), completely connate in bud, splitting into 2 irregular valves; stamens not fascicled; style thick, very short. <b>Fruits</b> baccate; pericarp firm, rough. <b>Seeds</b> 2–4. <b>x</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);Pacific Islands (New Caledonia);Australia.
|discussion=<p><i>Mammea</i> includes two species in Central America, three in Africa, and the rest in Madagascar and Australia, and the Pacific Islands, including New Caledonia.</p><!--
--><p>Species ca. 75 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Mammea
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Calophyllaceae
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);Pacific Islands (New Caledonia);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_105.xml
|genus=Mammea
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