Mammea Americana (forum)

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Does anyone know of or has access to these seeds or plants

Time: 28th July 2012 10:38am

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Mike says...
David I am chasing seeds of some of the elite mammeas.Even though they are permitted seeds the stormtroopers may confiscate them at the border.

Time: 28th July 2012 12:42pm

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David says...
Hi Mike,yowsers, i must be physic, i read long time ago that they can either be male, female of hermaphrodite. I think i recall telling you ages ago i bought one marcotted tree from Limberlost some 5 yrs ago maybe more .It was a robust tree of good size when it arrived down here, marcotted by Mike Fabian no less(those were the days). However the canine of the day used to like weeing on it so my quess is it succumbed to excess nitrogen. Approx 17yrs ago one of the local fruit shops down here was selling the fruit under the name of south american sapote never seen it since, good luck . David

Time: 28th July 2012 12:54pm

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BJ says...
David, I'm sure you know, but the South American Sapote usually refers to Matissia. They can be self fertile. There is one in the Cooktown BG that fruits lots, but the fruit is small, like a good sized sapodilla. Good Florida selections look great and rockmelon size with reportedly delicious taste. Hopefully a few of these types will make it here someday.

Time: 29th July 2012 9:35am

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trikus says...
Rare tree , not Matisia . Know of one tree locally that had some fruit set but most likely lost in Yasi . I visited grower and got some pics of flowers and fruit . He might have some seedlings as might a mate up past Mossman . He has female tree and another bloke has male up the hill .
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Time: 29th July 2012 10:32am

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David says...
Trikus Hi, can you possibly tell me if you know the grower of the mammea, been trying for ages to lay my hands on another since the dog watered the last one and killed it(dog is now gone to the great kennel in the sky). The one i had was a marcot from Limberlost some years ago.

Time: 29th July 2012 12:47pm

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trikus says...
Will be seeing him next weekend .


Time: 29th July 2012 1:14pm

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David says...
Thanks Trikus, just thinking if you know of a male and female tree ,just realised that the guy with the female tree is getting all the fruit from the pollen off the male tree. Oh the humanity of it all.

Time: 29th July 2012 3:01pm

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Mike says...
David the male mammea grower won't even know about his lost space.Grafted bisex trees is the overseas standard way of growing mammeas.

Time: 30th July 2012 8:42pm

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David says...
Mike your dead right, thats the same for the tree that i had.

Time: 30th July 2012 10:03pm

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David says...
Here is another plea for this tree if anyone is out there that knows of or can access seed or fruit tree itself. This is a tree that ive been after for a long time. Thankyou to all who read this.

Time: 8th January 2016 5:40pm

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David says...
Hi,Well its been nearly 2 years since the last post can anyone update me on anything to do with mammea Americana, either seeds or better plants. Thanks.

Time: 17th December 2018 6:42pm

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Alfie says...
Hey David, I too am interested in finding Mammea Americana, I am disappointed however to find any resources on the plant within Australia besides an account of propagation in NSW a long time ago by the RFC. Do you have any updated news on this plant?

Time: 2nd April 2022 3:23pm

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