Lucuma mammosa

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Read about Lucuma mammosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Lucuma mammosa, Gaertn. Marmalade Fruit. Mamey Sapote. Mamey Colorado. Sapote. Fig. 2213. A large erect tree, 30 to nearly 100 feet high, cult, in Mex., Cent. Amer., the W. Indies, and N. S. Amer. Lvs. obovate to oblanceolate, cuneate at base, rounded to acute at apex, 4-10 in. long, 1 ½ -4 in. broad, glabrous, light green above, paler or brownish beneath: fls. pedicellate or subsessile, in glomerules of 2-5; calyx- lobes 8-10; corolla white, 5-lobed, ciliate; stamens 5, inserted slightly lower than the staminodes, anthers elliptic-ovate; style conical-elongate, obtuse at tip; ovary 5-celled: fr. globose to elliptical, 3-7 in. long, rusty brown, usually 1-seeded by abortion. Considered a native of Cent. Amer. Pittier has referred this species to Calocarpum mammosum, Pierre, while Cook makes it Achradelpha mammosa.


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