Spondias


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Related to Spondias: Spondias mombin, Spondias purpurea
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Noun1.Spondias - tropical trees having one-seeded fruit
dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Anacardiaceae, family Anacardiaceae, sumac family - the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac
hog plum, Spondias mombin, yellow mombin, yellow mombin tree - tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit
jocote, mombin, mombin tree, Spondias purpurea - common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit
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Some examples are: hybrid jabuticaba (Myrciaria cauliflora), pitanga (Eugenia uniflora), dwarf caja (Spondias dulcis), cerrado pear (Eugenia klostzchiana) and dwarf cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.
It also includes Securidaca longepedunculata (violet tree or Ipeta); Senna alata (candle bush or Asurun oyinbo); Senna podocarpa (Asurun ijebu); Sida acuta (broomweed or Isekotu); leaves of Spondias mombin (hog plum or Iyeye); Uvaria chamae (Eruju); bitter leaf; and Xylopia aethiopica (Ethiopian pepper or Eeru).
Chele Gonzalez of Gallery at The Fort cooked sinabawan, soup soured by the libas leaves (Spondias pinnata).
BSJ: Young secondary forest, BSI: Intermediate secondary forest, BSA: Advanced secondary forest, BT: Preserved tropical forest Familia Especie BSJ Sin Con rebrote rebrote Acanthaceae Bravaisia berlandieriana 0 0 Anacardiaceae Astronium graveolens 23 4 Anacardiaceae Metopium brownei 22 3 Anacardiaceae Spondias mombin 22 3 Anacardiaceae Spondias sp.
Asi, por ejemplo, en Mexico, un estudio reporto que el venado cola blanca disperso por regurgitacion gran cantidad de semillas viables de Spondias purpurea (Mandujano et al., 1994).
As principais especies consumidas pelos produtores rurais dos Assentamentos em ordem decrescente sao Spondias tuberosa (Umbu), Byrsonima gardneriana (Murici), Sideroxylon obtusifolium (Quixabeira), Pilosocereus gounellei (Xique-xique), Cereus jamacaru (Mandacaru) e Pilosocereus pachycladus (Facheiro).
Genera of "Spondioideae 2," here called the Spondias complex, including Allospondias, Dracontomelon, Pegia, Pseudospondias, and Spondias, are depicted as early-divergent taxa within the familial phytogeny, being sister to all other Anacardiaceae except Pentaspadon.
Yellow mombin (Spondias mombin L.) belongs to the Anacardiaceae family and produces fruits that are grown in tropical areas of America, being known as 'tapereba', 'cajamirim' or 'cajazinho'.
Ukponmwan, "Medicinal and economic value of Spondias mombin," African Journal of Biomedical Research, vol.