Taxon:
Spondias mombin L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:371. 1753
Verified:
01/10/2000
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Croat, T. B. 1974. A reconsideration of Spondias mombin L. (Anacardiaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 61:483-490. URL: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/702#/summary
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- Edições Melhoramentes. 1979. The new Michaelis illustrated dictionary (Novo Michaelis dicionário ilustrado), ed. 22/24 Note: Edições Melhoramentes, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
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- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
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Common names
English
hog-plum – Jamaica-plum – yellow mombin – French
mombin – prunier mombin – German
gelbe Mombinpflaume – Gelbpflaume – Portuguese
imbu – tepereba – Portuguese (Brazil)
cajá-mirim – taperebá – Spanish
ubos – Spanish (Caribbean)
jobo – Spanish (Peru)
mango ciruelo –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | | Mexico | | tropical |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. in paleotropics |
6 | Other | | | | | exact native range in West Indies obscure |
Native
Northern America
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REGION:
Mexico (tropical)
Southern America
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Paraguay
Cultivated
(widely cult. in paleotropics)
Other
(exact native range in West Indies obscure)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | fruit | | Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |