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| Mammea americana fruit cross-section | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Calophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Mammea L. |
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Mammea is a flowering plant genus with about 70 species in the family Calophyllaceae.[2] Its members are evergreen trees having edible fruits. The flowers are polygamous, with a unitary calyx opening into two or three valvate sepals.[3] There are 4 to 8 petals. Berries are formed, containing 1 to 4 seeds. The leaves are rigid, coriaceous and often have pellucid dots.
- ^ "Malpighiales". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ^ Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/
- ^ Xi-wen Li; Jie Li; Peter Stevens, "Mammea Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 512. 1753", Flora of China