What is "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, tough ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasant taste and fragrant scent. It is often called mammee apple.

Syn: mammee apple, mammee, mamey, 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.

2. The globular or ovoid tropical fruit of the mammee tree ( Mammea americana), having a thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh.

Mammea americana \Mammea americana\ n. (Bot.) The speciaes name for the mammee tree.

Mammea americana, commonly known as mammee, mammee apple, mamey, mamey apple, Santo Domingo apricot, tropical apricot, or South American apricot, is an evergreen tree of the family Calophyllaceae, whose fruit is edible. It has also been classified as belonging to the family Guttiferae Juss. (1789), which would make it a relative of the mangosteen

In certain Latin American countries Mammea americana is referred to as "yellow mamey" in order to distinguish it from the unrelated but similar looking Pouteria sapota, whose fruit is usually called "red mamey" ( or Mamey rojo).