Calophyllaceae
Mammee apple
Mammea americana
- Family
- Calophyllaceae
- Genus
- Mammea
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- تفاح مامي, ممية امريكية
- arz
- تفاح مامى
- Bulgarian
- Антилска кайсия
- Chinese
- 馬米杏, 南美杏, 马米杏
- Czech
- Mamej americká
- Dutch
- Amerikaanse mammi-appel, Amerikaanse mammiappel, Mamieboom
- English
- Mammee apple, Mamey apple, Santo Domingo apricot, South American apricot, Tropical apricot
- Finnish
- Amerikanmammea
- French
- Abricotier des Antilles, Abricot-pays
- German
- Mammiapfel, Amerikanischer Mammeiapfel
- Korean
- 매미애플
- Malayalam
- മമ്മി ആപ്പിൾ
- Persian
- مامئا امریکنا
- Polish
- Mamea amerykańska
- Portuguese
- Abricó-do-pará, Abricó
- Russian
- Маммея американская, Американский абрикос, Антильский абрикос, Мамея
- Slovenian
- Mameja
- Spanish
- Albaricoque chabacano, Albaricoque de Santo Domingo, Mamey amarillo, Mamey de Cartagena, Mamey de Guacayarima, Mamey de Santo Domingo, Zapotenino, Zapoteniño
- Swedish
- Mamey
Synonyms
- Mammea emarginata Moc. & Sessé ex Choisy
- Potamocharis mamei Rottb.
Flowers
- In flower
- March, June (from 8 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FruitPhoto: Miguel Angel Ramírez Guillermo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Knox Tant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sven Volkens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mario Guzmán, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fpalli, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Raúl A. Ruiz M., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fpalli, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marcos Rodriguez Bobadilla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ritirene, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Mammea papuanaCalophyllaceae
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.