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SOUTH AMERICAN MAMMEE APPLE

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 530 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SOUTH See also:AMERICAN MAMMEE See also:APPLE  Or ST DOMINGO See also:APRICOT, the See also:fruit of Mammea americana (natural See also:order Clusiaceae), a large See also:tree with opposite leathery gland-dotted leaves, See also:white, sweet-scented, See also:short-stalked, solitary or clustered axillary See also:flowers and yellow fruit 3 to 6 in. in See also:diameter . The See also:bitter rind encloses a sweet aromatic flesh, which is eaten raw or steeped in See also:wine or with See also:sugar, and is also used for preserves . There are one to four large rough seeds, which are bitter and resinous, and used as anthelmintics . An' aromatic liqueur distilled from the flowers is known as eau de See also:creole in the See also:West Indies, and the acrid resinous See also:gum is used to destroy the chigoes which attack the naked feet of the negroes . The See also:wood is durable and well adapted for See also:building purposes; it is beautifully grained and used for See also:fancy See also:work .

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