About Mammee Apple Fruit(Calophyllaceae)

The Mammee Apple fruit is 18 m (59 ft) – 21 m (69 ft) high and is similar in appearance to the southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora). Its trunk is short and reaches 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) - 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) in diameter. The tree's upright branches form an oval head. Its dark-green foliage is quite dense, with opposite, leathery, elliptic leaves. The leaves can reach 10 cm (3.9 in) wide and twice as long. The mammee flower is fragrant, has 4 or 6 white petals, and reaches 2.

5 cm (0.98 in) – 4 cm (1.6 in) wide when fully blossomed. The flowers are borne either singly or in clusters of two or three, on short stalks. There can be, in a single flower, pistils, stamens or both, so there can be male, female or hermaphrodite flowers on one tree.Mammee Apple fruit plants in Kerala is now available in our farm. .

Fruit Color : brown or grey-brown

Propagation : seed and layer