Mammea Americana

Mammea Americana
L.
Mamey (E,S); Mamey de Cartagena (P); Mameyo (Ch); Mammi (Cu) . Ripe fruits are eaten raw or jellied; green fruits are jellied. The seeds, reputedly poisonous, are toxic to insects, fish, and chickens. The latex is used to extract chiggers, and to kill ticks, parasites, and insects.

EthnoBotanical Dictionary. 2013.

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  • Mammea americana — mammee apple mammee apple n. (Bot.) A tropical American tree ({Mammea americana}) having edible fruit (the {mammee apple}) with a leathery rind. Syn: mammee, mamey, mammee tree, {Mammea americana}. [WordNet 1.5] 2. The globular or ovoid tropical… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mammea americana — mammee apple mammee apple n. (Bot.) A tropical American tree ({Mammea americana}) having edible fruit (the {mammee apple}) with a leathery rind. Syn: mammee, mamey, mammee tree, {Mammea americana}. [WordNet 1.5] 2. The globular or ovoid tropical… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mammea americana — mammee apple mammee apple n. (Bot.) A tropical American tree ({Mammea americana}) having edible fruit (the {mammee apple}) with a leathery rind. Syn: mammee, mamey, mammee tree, {Mammea americana}. [WordNet 1.5] 2. The globular or ovoid tropical… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mammea Americana — Mammee Mam*mee , Mammee tree Mam*mee tree , n. [Haitian mamey.] (Bot.) A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus {Mammea} ({Mammea Americana}); also, its fruit, called the {mammee apple}. The latter is large, covered with a thick,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mammea americana — Mammee Mam*mee , Mammee tree Mam*mee tree , n. [Haitian mamey.] (Bot.) A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus {Mammea} ({Mammea Americana}); also, its fruit, called the {mammee apple}. The latter is large, covered with a thick,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mammea americana — amerikinė mamėja statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kliuzijinių šeimos maistinis, vaisinis, vaistinis augalas (Mammea americana), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. Naudojamas gėrimams gaminti. atitikmenys: lot. Mammea americana; Mammea emarginata angl …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • MAMMEA AMERICANA L. - МАММЕЯ АМЕРИКАНСКАЯ, АНТИЛЬСКИЙ АБРИКОС — см. 643. Дерево. M. americana L. M. американская, Антильский абрикос Sp. pl. (1753) 512. Popenoe (1924) 123. Wealth of India 6 (1962) 251. Букасов (1930) 357, рис. M е с т н. н а з в. Англ. mammea apple, Santo Domingo apricot, mamay; фр. mamey de …   Справочник растений

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