Spondias mombin

Spondias mombin

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Anacardiaceae
Subfamilia: Spondiadoideae
Genus: Spondias
Species: Spondias mombin

Name

Spondias mombin L., 1753

Synonyms

• Mauria juglandifolia Benth. ex Engl.
• Spondias aurantiaca Schum. & Thonn.
• Spondias brasiliensis Mart. ex Engl.
• Spondias cytherea Tussac
• Spondias dubia A. Rich.
• Spondias glabra Engl.
• Spondias graveolens Macfad.
• Spondias lucida Salisb.
• Spondias lutea L.
• Spondias lutea var. glabra Engl.
• Spondias lutea var. maxima Engl.
• Spondias maxima Engl.
• Spondias myrobalanus L.
• Spondias pseudomyrobalanus Tussac

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: America Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Guana, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, The Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), Tobago, Trinidad, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Isla Margarita, Belize, N-Brazil (Roraima, Para, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre), NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso), Mexico (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Costa Rica, Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz), Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Tachira), Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Bolvar, Caldas, Caquet, Choc, Crdoba, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander, San Andrs, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle, Vichada), Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 371. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Spondias mombin. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Spondias mombin. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 13 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Spondias mombin in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 13.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Spondias mombin. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Aug. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Spondias mombin in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: আমড়া
eʋegbe: Akliko
English: hog plum, yellow mombin, gully plum, ashanti plum, Java plum
eesti: Kollane mombinipuu
français: Prunier mombin
Nāhuatl: Mazāxococuahuitl
Nederlands: gele mombinpruim
português: cajazeira, cajazeiro, cajá, cajá-mirim, cajazinha, taperebá
русский: Момбин жёлтый
ไทย: มะกอก
Tiếng Việt: Cóc Thái
Yorùbá: ìyeyè

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