Record Number
5796
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers
Taxon
Mammea americana L.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Mammea in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Mammea in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Vernacular Names
American mammee tree, mammee apple, South American apricot (En). Abricotier d'Amérique, abricotier sauvage (Fr). Indonesia: manggis negri. Malaysia: aprikot.
Distribution
Native to the West Indies and the Guianas; cultivated in the same region but also occasionally elsewhere in the tropics and subtropics; in South-East Asia particularly in Java and the Philippines.
Author(s)
S.I. Wiselius
Correct Citation of this Article
Wiselius, S.I., 1998. Mammea americana L.. In: Sosef, M.S.M., Hong, L.T. and Prawirohatmodjo, S. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
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