Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mammea americana L. [Calophyllaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abrico	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
abricoteiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
abricotier d'amérique	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
abricotier des antilles	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
abricó	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
abricó-de-são-domingos	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
abricó-do-pará	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
abricó-selvagem	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
albricoque	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
eau de creole	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mamey	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
mamey apple	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mammee apple	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mammee-apple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mammiapfel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mammiäpple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mammy-apple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
santo domingo apricot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
south american apricot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tropical-apricot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Mammea emarginata Moc. & Sessé ex Choisy Mém. Nouv. Gen. Guttif.: 18 (1823).
Potamocharis mamei Rottb. Acta Lit. Univ. Hafn. 1: 296 (1778).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mammea americana	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Mammea americana L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Mammea americana Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Mammea americana Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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