Pouteria sapota Pantin - Large - Mamey Colorado

Red Mamey is a tropical evergreen tree native to Central America and widespread in the Caribbean Islands. The tree has an open crown with a central thick trunk and some large branches. It could reach up to 20 m (60 ft) in tropical regions. Leaves are 30 cm (12 ") long and 10 cm (4 ") wide, the shape is obovate or oblolanceolate and they are group and the end of small branches. Flowers are small, whitish and sessile. The fruit is a berry, oval-shaped, with a persistent calyx; its size varies from 8-20 cm (3-8 ") length. The skin is thick and reddish, similar to very soft sandpaper. The flesh of ripen fruits is salmon-pink, orange or red and the texture varies from smooth, firm to finely granulate. It has a sweet unique taste similar to almonds. Usually there is a long, elliptic seed, but could be four. Fruits weight 0,3-2,7 kg (0,7-6 lb). It ripens in late summer.

Mamey Colorado can be eaten fresh and used in milk shakes, soups, preserves and deserts. The grafted variety "Pantin" is most spread in Florida and from all the varieties of red the mamey this has the best taste. Canarius offers grafted "mameyes". Grafting trees is an art and it is very difficult to graft Pouteria as it takes many months and many failures to achieve the goal.

This Mamey Pantin is the best Cuban selection with larger, excellent fruits.

The size of the plant we offer is: a small Grafted tree in 16 cm pot. It is grafted with an adult tree so it will start flowering soon and will set fruits in 3-4 years.

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