MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Mammea names

 Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :


 

 

 

Mammea africana Sabine

SYNONYM(S) : Mammea africana G. Don , Ochrocarpos africanus (Sabine) Oliv.

ENGLISH : African apple, African apricot, African mammee-apple, Bastard mahogany.

FRENCH : Abricotier d'Afrique, Obota (Country?).

UNIDENTIFIED : Abotzok, Bokoli, Boliki, Djimbo, M'bossi, M'boza, Oboto.



A fairly comprehensive list of trade & local African names can be found at the Tervuren Xylarium Wood Database,  on Metafro site in Belgium. < http://www.metafro.be/xylarium/species/SN7690 >.

 

 

Mammea americana L.

SYNONYM(S) : Mammea emarginata Moc. & Sessé ex Choisy

ENGLISH : Mamey tree, Mammee, Mammee-apple, Mammey-apple, Marmalade tree, Santo Domingo apricot, South American apricot, Tropical apricot.

FRENCH : Abricot de Saint Domingue, Abricot d'Amérique, Abricot pays, Abricot, Abricotier d'Amérique, Abricotier de Saint Domingue, Abricotier des Antilles, Abricotier sauvage, Mammée américaine.

GERMAN : Mammi, Mammiapfel.

SPANISH : Albricoque, Mamey.

PORTUGUESE : Abricó , Abricó do pará, Abricó selvegem, Pessego de São Domingo, Abricoteiro (tree).

SPANISH : Albricoque, Albaricoque de Santo Domingo, Mamao, Mamey de Santo Domingo, Mamey dominicano, Mamey de Cartagena, Mamey amarillo, Mameyo, Martín, Sapote, Zapote de Santo Domingo, Zapote de niño, Zapote Domingo, Zapote mamey.

 

 

Mammea bongo (R. Vig. & Humbert) Kosterm.

SYNONYM(S) : Ochrocarpos bongo R. Vig. & Humbert

ENGLISH : Bongo, Jambo, Vongo (all trade names borrowed from African languages).

 



 

 

HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Mammea Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress. Institute of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia. < http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Mammea.html > (2005).

 
REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
Specific & complementary

 

 

 

CIRAD-FLHOR / IPGRI, 2000,  FRUITS FROM AMERICA - An Ethnobotanical Inventory. Project for Neotropical Fruits. Mammea  americana L.  (Clusiaceae). Geo Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge & Dimary Libreros Ferla. < http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/ipgri/fruits_from_americas/frutales/Ficha%20Mammea%20americana.htm >.

USDA, ARS, 2005, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?mammea (12 February 2005). (GRIN)

 

 

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