Taxon:  Mammea americana L.



Summary
Genus:
Mammea
Family:
Calophyllaceae
Nomen number:
23319
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:512.  1753
Verified:
11/03/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
28 (8  active, 4  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Mammea emarginata Moc. & Sessé ex Choisy

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581.
  2. Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
  3. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  4. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  5. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
  6. Burkill, H. M. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 2:400.
  7. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
  8. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1962. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 6:251-252.
  9. Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
  10. Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
  11. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  12. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  13. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  14. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
  15. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. Note: cultivated
  16. Kostermans, A. J. G. H. 1961. A monograph of the Asiatic and Pacific species of Mammea L. (Guttiferae). Commun. Forest Res. Inst., Bogor 72:3-9.
  17. León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
  18. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  19. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
  20. Liogier, H. A. 1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
  21. Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
  22. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
  23. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  24. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  25. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  26. Proctor, G. R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XI.
  27. Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. 1932-. Flora of Suriname.
  28. Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
  29. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  30. Smith, A. C. & S. P. Darwin. 1974. Studies of Pacific Island plants: 28. The Guttiferae of the Fijian Region. J. Arnold Arbor. 55:262.
  31. St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands
  32. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
  33. Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721.
  34. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: cultivated
  35. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
  36. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishmammee-apple  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishmammy-apple  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishtropical-apricot  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Frenchabricotier d'Amérique  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchabricotier des Antilles  2Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
GermanMammiapfel  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)abricó-de-São-Domingos  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)abricó-do-Pará  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)abricó-selvagem  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)abricoteiro  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanishabricó  2McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Spanishalbricoque  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmamey  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishmammiäpple  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda  Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBahamas  Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominica  Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominican Republic  Liogier, H. A. 1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGrenada  Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  Liogier, H. A. 1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMontserrat  Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Kitts and Nevis  Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and Grenadines  Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Rico Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesVirgin Islands, U.S. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesVirgin Islands, U.S. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesVirgin Islands, U.S. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanVirgin Islands (British)Tortola Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581.
2Cultivated    widely cult. in tropicsCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1962. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 6:251-252.
Native
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad], United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S., Virgin Islands, U.S., Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British) [Tortola]
Cultivated (widely cult. in tropics)

Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581.
  2. Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
  3. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
  4. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1962. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 6:251-252.
  5. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  6. León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
  7. Liogier, H. A. 1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
  8. Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodbeverage baseused for making liqueurMabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Human foodfruit Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Non-vertebrate poisonshouse pest control Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1962. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 6:251-252.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=23319. Accessed 17 April 2026.