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|familia=Clusiaceae
 
|genus=Ochrocarpos
 
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|habit=tree
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|lifespan=perennial
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|features=evergreen
 
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|image_caption=''Mammea americana'' [[fruit]] bisection
 
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'''''Mammea''''' is a [[flowering plant]] [[genus]] with about 50 [[species]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] ''[[Clusiaceae]]''. Its members are [[evergreen]] [[tree]]s having edible one-seeded fruits. The [[flower]]s are [[polygamous]], with a globular [[sepal|calyx]] opening into two valvate [[sepal]]s. There are 4 to 6 [[petal]]s. Indehiscent [[drupe]]s are formed, containing 1 to 4 seeds. The leaves are rigid, coriaceous and often have pellucid dots.
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One species (''[[Mammee apple|Mammea americana]]'') is found in tropical America and the West Indies, one species in tropical Africa, 20 in [[Madagascar]] and 27 in [[Indomalaya]] and the Pacific region.
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Ochrocarpos (Greek, yellow fruit). Incl. Calysaccion. Guttiferae. Trees, of about 20 species, widespread in the tropics, little known horticulturally. Lvs. opposite or in 3's, coriaceous: fls. axillary, polygamous, the petals 4-7 or more: stamens indefinite, free or somewhat connate, the filaments slender and anthers erect; ovary 2-celled: fr. berry-like, with a few large seeds. O. africanus, Oliver, is a tree 40-50 ft. high: Lvs. large, oblong-elliptical, with the midrib very prominent beneath: fls. from the nodes of the fallen Lvs., 1½ in. diam., the petals half as long again as sepals; stamens very many: fr. very large, several inches diam., with yellow pulp. Upper Guinea. O. obovalis, Safford, is the 'chopag" of Guam, the wood of which is used in house- construction (p. 1699, Vol. III). It is a medium-sized tree, with opposite short-petioled obovate or oblong- obovate entire Lvs. rounded at the apex, and fragrant white polygamous fls. borne laterally, single or clustered
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Ochrocarpos (Greek, yellow fruit). Incl. Calysaccion. Guttiferae. Trees, of about 20 species, widespread in the tropics, little known horticulturally. Lvs. opposite or in 3's, coriaceous: fls. axillary, polygamous, the petals 4-7 or more: stamens indefinite, free or somewhat connate, the filaments slender and anthers erect; ovary 2-celled: fr. berry-like, with a few large seeds. O. africanus, Oliver, is a tree 40-50 ft. high: Lvs. large, oblong-elliptical, with the midrib very prominent beneath: fls. from the nodes of the fallen Lvs., 1½ in. diam., the petals half as long again as sepals; stamens very many: fr. very large, several inches diam., with yellow pulp. Upper Guinea. O. obovalis, Safford, is the 'chopag" of Guam, the wood of which is used in house- construction. It is a medium-sized tree, with opposite short-petioled obovate or oblong- obovate entire Lvs. rounded at the apex, and fragrant white polygamous fls. borne laterally, single or clustered
 
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==Varieties==
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==Species==
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*''[[Mammea africana]]'' – African mammee apple
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*''[[Mammea asiatica]]''
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*''[[Mammea cerera]]''
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*''[[Mammea coumarins]]''
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*''[[Mammea emarginata]]''
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*''[[Mammea grandifolia]]''
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*''[[Mammea immansueta]]''
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*''[[Mammea longifolia]]''
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*''[[Mammea malayana]]''
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*''[[Mammea novoguineensis]]''
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*''[[Mammea odorata]]'' – chopak
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*''[[Mammea papuana]]''
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*''[[Mammea papyracea]]''
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*''[[Mammea siamensis]]''
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*''[[Mammea suriga]]''
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*''[[Mammea timorensis]]''
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*''[[Mammea touriga]]''
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*''[[Mammea usambarensis]]''
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*''[[Mammea veimauriensis]]''
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Synonyms of this genus are:
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*'''''Ochrocarpos''''' <small>[[Francisco Noronha|Noronha]] ex [[Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars|Thouars]]</small>
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*'''''Paramammea''''' <small>[[J.-F.Leroy]]</small>
    
==Gallery==
 
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