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Spondias
Sign in to saveSpondias is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. The genus consists of 18 described species, eleven of which are native to the tropical Americas, six to Asia and one to Madagascar. They are commonly named hog plums, Spanish plums, Ciruelas in Cuba, libas in Bikol and in some cases golden apples for their brightly colored fruit which resemble an apple or small plum at a casual glance. They are only distantly related to apple and plum trees, however. A more unequivocal common name is mombins.
OverviewAI-generated
Spondias is a genus within the plant kingdom Plantae. It belongs to the phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Sapindales, and family Anacardiaceae. The genus includes species such as S. cytherea, which is noted in New Guinea. One species within the group is commonly known as red mombin.
Records for Spondias are held by several institutions, including IBUNAM, CICY, FC-UNAM, INECOL, and ECOSUR. These records are associated with Mexico. The taxon has been documented in various databases, with occurrence counts reaching 62,416 and specific record counts of 693.
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Species
red mombin
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSapindales
- FamilyAnacardiaceae
General: In New Guinea, Spondias spp., especially S. cytherea
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 693
- With media
- 190
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, CICY, FC-UNAM, INECOL, ECOSUR, UACH
- Recorded in
- Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
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Spondias is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. The genus consists of 18 described species, eleven of which are native to the tropical Americas, six to Asia and one to Madagascar. They are commonly named hog plums, Spanish plums, Ciruelas in Cuba, libas in Bikol and in some cases golden apples for their brightly colored fruit which resemble an apple or small plum at a casual glance. They are only distantly related to apple and plum trees, however. A more unequivocal common name is mombins.
==Description== Members of this genus are deciduous trees with resinous exudates which can cause contact dermatitis in humans. The leaves are imparipinnate (bipinnate in Spondias bipinnata), and are arranged alternately on the branches. Leaflets have an intramarginal vein, i.e. a vein running close and parallel to the leaf margin.
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