Common name: Mammee
Other common names: Mamey apple, St Domingo apricot, South American apricot, Tropical apricot
Description
Mammee generally receives little or no cultural attention. It has a good resistant to pests and diseases. Trees are commonly between 10 an 15 meters tall, with exceptional specimens up to 18 meters tall.
Use: An aromatic liqueur called Creme de Creole or Eau Creole is distilled from the flowers. It is claimed it aids digestion.
Climate: Grows best in humid to very humid lowland to mid-elevation tropical climates, generally with average minimum temperatures above 16 C and where annual rainfall is more than 1500 mm.
Cultivation: Best performance is in deep, rich, well-drained soil, but is also
adaptable shallow, sandy terrain, and grows naturally
in limestone soils. Also does well in the oolitic limestone in the
Bahamas and south-eastern Florida, in the pH range of
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