Edible Parts: Flowers  Fruit  Sap
Edible Uses: Drink  Gum  Pectin

Fruit - raw or cooked. A firm, thick flesh with an aromatic flavour similar to apricots[200 ]. A delicious fruit, it is used as a dessert and can also be made into jams, sauces, pies, tarts etc[301 , 307 ]. The flesh immediately surrounding the 2 - 4 seeds in the fruit is bitter[307 ]. The fruit is rich in pectin and therefore makes good preserves, these taste remarkably like apricot preserves[200 , 301 ]. The immature green fruit is high in pectin and can be added to pectin-low fruits when making jellies, jams etc[301 ]. The light brown fruit is a globose to irregular berry, 10 - 20cm in diameter[418 ]. The fruits can be as large as a child's head and weigh up to 2 kilos[200 , 303 ]. A liqueur is distilled from the fragrant flowers[46 , 301 ]. An alcoholic drink is fermented from the sap of the tree[301 ].

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Anthelmintic  Antidiarrhoeal  Digestive  Febrifuge  Skin  Tonic

Uses of mamey in folk medicine include treatment of scalp infections, diarrhoea, digestive and eye problems[303 ]. The powdered seeds are employed in the treatment of parasitic skin diseases[303 , 348 ]. An infusion of the ground seeds, minus the embryo which is considered convulsant, is employed as an anthelmintic for adults only[303 ]. The gummy latex from the bark has been used as an insecticide, to extract chiggers and insects from the skin, and to kill ticks and other parasites of dogs and other domestic animals[447 ]. An aromatic liqueur called Eau de Creole or Crème de Creole, is distilled from the flowers and said to act as a tonic or digestive[303 ]. An infusion of the fresh or dry leaves is given in cases of intermittent fever[303 ]. The plant contains coumarins, especially mammeine[348 ].

Containers  Dye  Fuel  Furniture  Gum  Hair  Insecticide  Latex  Pectin  Plant breeding  Repellent  Soil stabilization  Tannin  Wood

Large shade tree. Large fruiting tree, Street tree. Public open space. Agroforestry Uses: The large spreading lateral roots prevent soil erosion[303 ]. Other Uses The juice of the seed leaves an indelible stain[303 ]. The bark contains tannin[303 ]. When twisted into the shape of a cone, the leaves are used as pots for planting tobacco seedlings and protect the young plants from root-destroying insects[447 ]. The bark contains a pale yellow latex that exudes from points of damage. It has been used as an insecticide[447 ]. All parts of the plant have insecticidal properties; infusions of the powdered seeds and gum from the bark and green fruit rind are used as insecticides to kill ticks, fleas and jiggers[303 , 348 ]. Mammee leaves are wrapped around young tomato plants when setting them in the ground to protect them from mole crickets and cutworms[303 ]. Various extracts from the fruit, bark, leaves or roots are toxic to moths, beetle larvae and also to bugs[303 ]. Seed extracts are toxic to fish, chicks and hogs[303 ] The heartwood is reddish or purple-brown; the sapwood much lighter in colour. Texture is medium; the grain is fine in one report, whilst another says that it is frequently interlocked and irregular; the surface of this attractive wood often is flecked with small, dark, oily, exudations. The wood is hard; heavy; strong; fairly resistant to decay but very susceptible to termites. Air-seasoning is moderate in rate but very difficult, and the amount of degrade is considerable. It is easy to work; has an attractive grain and polishes well; planing, turning, boring, and mortising are good; shaping and resistance to screw sjjlitting are excellent ; and sanding is poor. The wood is useful in cabinetwork, it is valued for pillars, rafters, decorative features of fine houses, interior sheathing, turnery and posts[303 , 447 ]. The wood is used for fuel[303 ].

Special Uses

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