Monographs Details:
Authority:
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
Family:
Clusiaceae
Clusiaceae
Description:
Species Description - Tree to 20 m tall and 45 cm diam.; bark brown and rough. Leaves opposite; blades 9-20 x 5-11 cm, coriaceous, elliptic or obovate, glabrous, with numerous translucent dots, the apex rounded or nearly truncate, often retuse, the base cuneate, obtuse or rounded, the margins entire and revolute; petioles stout, ca. 1 cm long. Flowers 2.5-3 cm diam., bisexual and staminate, clustered in leaf axils. Calyx pale yellow, 0.8-1.2 cm long; petals 6, obovate, ca. 2 cm long, white; stamens free, the anthers bright yellow, linear; stigma peltate. Fruit globose, tan, 7-15 cm diam.; edible pulp light orange. Seeds 2-4, 5-8 X 3-5 cm.
Species Description - Tree to 20 m tall and 45 cm diam.; bark brown and rough. Leaves opposite; blades 9-20 x 5-11 cm, coriaceous, elliptic or obovate, glabrous, with numerous translucent dots, the apex rounded or nearly truncate, often retuse, the base cuneate, obtuse or rounded, the margins entire and revolute; petioles stout, ca. 1 cm long. Flowers 2.5-3 cm diam., bisexual and staminate, clustered in leaf axils. Calyx pale yellow, 0.8-1.2 cm long; petals 6, obovate, ca. 2 cm long, white; stamens free, the anthers bright yellow, linear; stigma peltate. Fruit globose, tan, 7-15 cm diam.; edible pulp light orange. Seeds 2-4, 5-8 X 3-5 cm.
Discussion:
Common name: mammee apple.
Distribution:
Trinidad and Tobago South America| Central America| México Mexico North America| West Indies| Tortola Virgin Islands South America| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Saint Croix Virgin Islands of the United States South America|
Trinidad and Tobago South America| Central America| México Mexico North America| West Indies| Tortola Virgin Islands South America| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Saint Croix Virgin Islands of the United States South America|