Common Name
Mamey sapote
Family
SAPOTACEAE
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Trees Tree-like Palms & Bamboos
Spanish Name
- Grows up to 25m tall in open areas and forest edges. Sometimes cultivated because its edible fruits, which are widely commercialized.
- The ripe fruit is eaten raw, made into sherbets, ice cream, drinks etc and can also be dried.
- The seed kernel oil is used as a skin ointment and as a hair dressing that is believed to stop falling hair.
- A decoction of the bark is taken as a pectoral.
- Pollinated mainy by bees PROPAGATION: Seeds.