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Mammea americana L.


Botanical Name	:	Mammea americana L.
English Name	:	Mamey, Mammee, South American apricot, San Domingo apricot, Mammee apple
Synonym(s)	:	Mammea emarginata Moc. & Sessé ex Choisy
Family	:	Clusiaceae

General Info

Description

Tree, up to 20 m tall, trunk to 1 m in diameter. Leaves broadly elliptic, up to 20 cm x 10 cm. Flowers unisexual or bisexual, white, fragrant. Fruit a globose to irregular berry, 10—20 cm in diameter, light-brown; flesh yellow to orange, juicy, sweet in good cultivars. Seeds 1—4, ellipsoid, up to 6 cm long, brown.

Herb Effects

Tonic or digestive (liqueur from flowers); antipyretic (infusion of leaves); anthelminthic in adults (infusion of seeds).

Links

AgroForestryTree Database
PROSEA (Plant Resources of South-East Asia) Foundation

Chemistry

Active Ingredients

Ascorbic acid, beta-carotene, citric acid, niacin, riboflavin, thiamin (fruit); friedelin (plant); shikimic acid (leaves).

Chemistry of Active Ingredients

Name

CAS#

IUPAC Name

Formula

Structure

Ascorbic acid

Not Available

2-(1,2-dihydroxyethy
l)-4,5-dihydroxy-fur
an-3-one

C₆H₈O₆

Beta-carotene

Not Available

3,7,12,16-tetramethy
l-1,18-bis(2,6,6-tri
methyl-1-cyclohexeny
l)-octadec a-1,3,5,
7,9,11,13,15,17-nona
ene

C₄₀H₅₆

Citric acid

Not Available

2-hydroxypropane-1,2
,3-tricarboxylic
acid

C₆H₈O₇

Niacin

99148-57-9

Pyridine-3-carboxyli
c acid

C₆H₅NO₂

Riboflavin

Not Available

C₁₇H₂₁N₄O₉P

Thiamin

59-43-8

2-[3-[(4-amino-2-met
hyl-pyrimidin-5-yl)m
ethyl]-4-methyl-1-th
ia-3-azoni acyclope
nta-2,4-dien-5-yl]et
hanol

C₁₂H₁₇N₄OS+

Friedelin

559-74-0

4,4a,6a,6b,8a,11,11,
14a-octamethyl-2,4,5
,6,6a,7,8,9,10,12,12
a,13,14,14 b-tetrad
ecahydro-1H-picen-3-
one

C₃₀H₅₀O

Shikimic acid

138-59-0

3,4,5-trihydroxycycl
ohexene-1-carboxylic
acid

C₇H₁₀O₅

Pharmacology

Medicinal Use

Used in the treatment of scalp infections, diarrhoea, digestive and eye problems (fruits); externally to treat parasitic skin diseases (powdered seeds); against malaria (infusion of leaves).

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