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Latin name Family Distribution North America distribution zone Height Foliage Ecology Use Synonym English name French name Spanish name Other name Trade name
Spondias mombin L. Anacardiaceae SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; West Indies) South America (general) int S Eurasia, Africa (tropics) and NW Oceania (Malesia) SC SE L[G] D[E] hel hyg dr (antimicrobial, bark: astringent, bark decoction is a usefull purgative and employed in treatment of leprosy, fermented fruits eaten for diarrhea, leaves decoction taken orally for malarial fever and congestion, leaves to clean sores, cuts and burns, leaves, bark and fruits are used in treatment of dysentery, cancer and skin disease, macerated bark or leaves taken orally for digestive tract ailments, macerated roots taken orally for urethritis and for lower back pain, plant extracts exhibit anti-bacterial properties, pulverized leaves bath for rheumatism, roots bark decoction taken orally for angina and sore throat, roots: febrifuge, roots for metrorrhagia and contraceptive) fd (fruits: fresh or as drinks, sometimes fermented to produce alcoholic beverages) fr (fruits for hogs, cattle and bees, seeds) fw (charcoal, fuel) ma (cork substitute) pl (cultivated for its edible fruits, ornamental) pp (cardboard, very good for paper pulp) sa (living fences, shade) ti (boxes, centers of plywood, fence posts, furniture, light construction if protected, light interior construction, manufacture of pencils, match sticks, packing boxes, packing crates, plywood, posts, soft-drink cases, tongue depressors, utility plywood, veneer) Mombin luteum M.Gómez Myrobalanus lutea Macfad. Spondias aurantiaca Thoen. & Schum. Spondias axillaris Roxb. Spondias cythera Tussac Spondias dubia A.Rich. Spondias graveolens Macfad. Spondias lucida Salisb. Spondias lutea L. Spondias lutea var. glabra Engl. Spondias lutea var. maxima Engl. Spondias myrobalanus L. Spondias nigrescens Pittier Spondias oghigea G.Don Spondias pseudomyrobalanus Tussac Spondias purpurea var. venulosa Engl. Spondias venulosa (Engl.) Engl. Spondias zanzee G.Don yellow mombin; Bequia-plum (Bequia Is., Guyana); gully plum; hog plum (Belize, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Virgin Gorda); hogplum (Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico); Jamaica plum, jobo; plum-bush (Guyana); Spanish plum; wild plum (Costa Rica, Panama); wild-plum; yellow-plum (Netherlands Antilles); Yucatan plum mombin franc; grand mombin (Haiti); grand mombin franc; gros mombin (Haiti); mombin (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Ivory Coast); mombin fruits jaunes (Guadeloupe); mombinier (French Guiana); monbin; myrobalance, myrobalane (Haiti); prune à cochon (Antilles); prune icaque; prune mombin, prune myrobolan (Guadeloupe); prunier mombin (French Guiana); spondias mombin balá, bara (Costa Rica); cancharana; canná (Colombia); canyarana; cedrillo (Bolivia); circuela (Mexico, Nicaragua); ciruela (Dominican Republic); ciruela amarilla (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico); ciruela calentada (Colombia); ciruela cochino (Belize); ciruela de monte (Honduras); ciruela del pais (Mexico); ciruelas agrias (Peru); ciruelo (Dominican Republic, Mexico); ciruelo de jobo (Nicaragua); ciruelo hobo (Colombia); ciruelo mango (Mexico); cuajo, guama zapatero (Venezuela); gusanero (Puerto Rico); hoba; hobo (Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico); hobo blanco (Colombia); hobo de monte (Mexico); hubu; jobillo (Puerto Rico); jobito (Panama); jobo (Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela); jobo blanco (Colombia); jobo colorado (Colombia, Costa Rica); jobo corronchoso (Venezuela); jobo de castilla (Colombia); jobo de perro (Puerto Rico); jobo de puerco (Dominican Republic); jobo gusanero (Puerto Rico); jobo hembra (Cuba); jobo jocote (Guatemala); jobo vano (Puerto Rico); jobobán (Dominican Republic); jobocastilla (Colombia); jocote (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua); jocote de jobo (Nicaragua); jocote jobo (Guatemala, Nicaragua); jocote montarero, jocote montero (Nicaragua); mombin (Mexico); mopé (Mexico, Venezuela); obo de zopilote (Mexico); orocorocillo (Bolivia); popocua (Mexico); shungu, tobo de montaña, ubo, ubos, ubos colorado, uros, ushum (Peru) a ñoka (basari); a talav, a tyalav (konyagi); acaiba, acajá, acajaíba (Brazil); aginiran (ljaw); akikan (itsekiri); arcu (portuguese creole); aurumuyu (quichua, Ecuador); aval (Mexico); amo denemé (mankanya); badoy, badyoy (toucouleur); be lofo (mankanya); be pelam (mandyak); bu éta (jola); bu fèn (bayot); bu lélu (ejamat); bu lilay, bu lilu (jola); buèta, buétya (toucouleur); bumkumo (socé); caja, cajá, cajá seira, cajá-mirim, caja-mirim-caja shira, cajá-pequeno, cajazeira, cajazeiro, cajazeiro-miúdo (Brazil); chabbulimakka (fuuta jalon); chi aval (Mexico); costicxocotl (nahuatl); ekikan (yoruba); ekpi (ekoi); ence (bwamu, Burkina Faso and Mali); gatalka, gatyalka (budik); gran monben, gwo monben (creole, Haiti); hoba (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); hobo; hoeboe, hooboo, hoobou (Suriname); imbuzeiro (Brazil); ishikere, isikala (igbo); itahuba (Peru); jinjerechi (nupe, Nigéria); jobo (panare, Venezuela); jobo corronchoso (Guyana); k'ank'an'abal (Mexico); k'ank'an-abal (maya); kakka (tiv, Nigeria); kanabal (maya, Belize); kassemanga sanaga (Cameroon); kechibo (bokyi); ki fossin (bainouk); kinim (Guatemala); lokuré siné, lõnguré (susu); macaprein (Netherlands Antilles); mandipli (mandyak); mandipru, mandipul (portuguese creole); maxpill (mixe, Mexico); mbitavor (mandyak); metsoqui (campa asháninca, Peru); mingo (bambara); mingon (Mali); mingu (malinke); minko (bambara); minkòn (bambara and malinke, Mali); minkòsun (senoufo, Mali); minkwò (senoufo, Mali); miwobalann (creole, Haiti); monbe (Suriname); monben, monben fran (creole, Haiti); mope, mopé (Suriname); mopiyó (panare, Venezuela); moppé (Suriname); naingro (Mali); ninko (malinke); ninkôm (mandigue and wolof); noeboe (Suriname); noma (chinanteco, Mexico); nsukakara (efik); nugòn (malinke, Mali); okhighan (edo, Nigeria); okhikhen (urhobo, Nigeria); pau de Tapera (Brazil); pilm (mandyak); poc (Guatemala); pok (maya, Belize); popocua (tarasco, Mexico); psal (balanta); quinim (huasteco, Mexico); shipá (totonaco, Mexico); siné (susu); sob (wolof); sul (falor and ndoute); sun (non); talé (fuuta jalon and fulfulde); tali (fulfulde); tana (Senegal); taperebá (portuguese, Brazil); taperibá, tapevebá (Brazil); tsadar masar (hausa); tsióroqui (asháninca, Peru); tsuyacho (cofán, Ecuador); tu-ni (chontal, Mexico); tyalé (fuuta jalon and fulfulde); tyali (fulfulde); tzacaxocotl (nahuatl); xkinin-hobo (maya, Mexico); yôga (serer); zabac-abal (maya, Mexico)

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Latin name Spondias mombin L.
Family Anacardiaceae
Distribution SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; West Indies) South America (general) int S Eurasia, Africa (tropics) and NW Oceania (Malesia)
North America distribution zone SC SE
Height L[G]
Foliage D[E]
Ecology hel hyg
Use dr (antimicrobial, bark: astringent, bark decoction is a usefull purgative and employed in treatment of leprosy, fermented fruits eaten for diarrhea, leaves decoction taken orally for malarial fever and congestion, leaves to clean sores, cuts and burns, leaves, bark and fruits are used in treatment of dysentery, cancer and skin disease, macerated bark or leaves taken orally for digestive tract ailments, macerated roots taken orally for urethritis and for lower back pain, plant extracts exhibit anti-bacterial properties, pulverized leaves bath for rheumatism, roots bark decoction taken orally for angina and sore throat, roots: febrifuge, roots for metrorrhagia and contraceptive) fd (fruits: fresh or as drinks, sometimes fermented to produce alcoholic beverages) fr (fruits for hogs, cattle and bees, seeds) fw (charcoal, fuel) ma (cork substitute) pl (cultivated for its edible fruits, ornamental) pp (cardboard, very good for paper pulp) sa (living fences, shade) ti (boxes, centers of plywood, fence posts, furniture, light construction if protected, light interior construction, manufacture of pencils, match sticks, packing boxes, packing crates, plywood, posts, soft-drink cases, tongue depressors, utility plywood, veneer)
Synonym Mombin luteum M.Gómez Myrobalanus lutea Macfad. Spondias aurantiaca Thoen. & Schum. Spondias axillaris Roxb. Spondias cythera Tussac Spondias dubia A.Rich. Spondias graveolens Macfad. Spondias lucida Salisb. Spondias lutea L. Spondias lutea var. glabra Engl. Spondias lutea var. maxima Engl. Spondias myrobalanus L. Spondias nigrescens Pittier Spondias oghigea G.Don Spondias pseudomyrobalanus Tussac Spondias purpurea var. venulosa Engl. Spondias venulosa (Engl.) Engl. Spondias zanzee G.Don
English name yellow mombin; Bequia-plum (Bequia Is., Guyana); gully plum; hog plum (Belize, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Virgin Gorda); hogplum (Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico); Jamaica plum, jobo; plum-bush (Guyana); Spanish plum; wild plum (Costa Rica, Panama); wild-plum; yellow-plum (Netherlands Antilles); Yucatan plum
French name mombin franc; grand mombin (Haiti); grand mombin franc; gros mombin (Haiti); mombin (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Ivory Coast); mombin fruits jaunes (Guadeloupe); mombinier (French Guiana); monbin; myrobalance, myrobalane (Haiti); prune à cochon (Antilles); prune icaque; prune mombin, prune myrobolan (Guadeloupe); prunier mombin (French Guiana); spondias mombin
Spanish name balá, bara (Costa Rica); cancharana; canná (Colombia); canyarana; cedrillo (Bolivia); circuela (Mexico, Nicaragua); ciruela (Dominican Republic); ciruela amarilla (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico); ciruela calentada (Colombia); ciruela cochino (Belize); ciruela de monte (Honduras); ciruela del pais (Mexico); ciruelas agrias (Peru); ciruelo (Dominican Republic, Mexico); ciruelo de jobo (Nicaragua); ciruelo hobo (Colombia); ciruelo mango (Mexico); cuajo, guama zapatero (Venezuela); gusanero (Puerto Rico); hoba; hobo (Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico); hobo blanco (Colombia); hobo de monte (Mexico); hubu; jobillo (Puerto Rico); jobito (Panama); jobo (Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela); jobo blanco (Colombia); jobo colorado (Colombia, Costa Rica); jobo corronchoso (Venezuela); jobo de castilla (Colombia); jobo de perro (Puerto Rico); jobo de puerco (Dominican Republic); jobo gusanero (Puerto Rico); jobo hembra (Cuba); jobo jocote (Guatemala); jobo vano (Puerto Rico); jobobán (Dominican Republic); jobocastilla (Colombia); jocote (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua); jocote de jobo (Nicaragua); jocote jobo (Guatemala, Nicaragua); jocote montarero, jocote montero (Nicaragua); mombin (Mexico); mopé (Mexico, Venezuela); obo de zopilote (Mexico); orocorocillo (Bolivia); popocua (Mexico); shungu, tobo de montaña, ubo, ubos, ubos colorado, uros, ushum (Peru)
Other name a ñoka (basari); a talav, a tyalav (konyagi); acaiba, acajá, acajaíba (Brazil); aginiran (ljaw); akikan (itsekiri); arcu (portuguese creole); aurumuyu (quichua, Ecuador); aval (Mexico); amo denemé (mankanya); badoy, badyoy (toucouleur); be lofo (mankanya); be pelam (mandyak); bu éta (jola); bu fèn (bayot); bu lélu (ejamat); bu lilay, bu lilu (jola); buèta, buétya (toucouleur); bumkumo (socé); caja, cajá, cajá seira, cajá-mirim, caja-mirim-caja shira, cajá-pequeno, cajazeira, cajazeiro, cajazeiro-miúdo (Brazil); chabbulimakka (fuuta jalon); chi aval (Mexico); costicxocotl (nahuatl); ekikan (yoruba); ekpi (ekoi); ence (bwamu, Burkina Faso and Mali); gatalka, gatyalka (budik); gran monben, gwo monben (creole, Haiti); hoba (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); hobo; hoeboe, hooboo, hoobou (Suriname); imbuzeiro (Brazil); ishikere, isikala (igbo); itahuba (Peru); jinjerechi (nupe, Nigéria); jobo (panare, Venezuela); jobo corronchoso (Guyana); k'ank'an'abal (Mexico); k'ank'an-abal (maya); kakka (tiv, Nigeria); kanabal (maya, Belize); kassemanga sanaga (Cameroon); kechibo (bokyi); ki fossin (bainouk); kinim (Guatemala); lokuré siné, lõnguré (susu); macaprein (Netherlands Antilles); mandipli (mandyak); mandipru, mandipul (portuguese creole); maxpill (mixe, Mexico); mbitavor (mandyak); metsoqui (campa asháninca, Peru); mingo (bambara); mingon (Mali); mingu (malinke); minko (bambara); minkòn (bambara and malinke, Mali); minkòsun (senoufo, Mali); minkwò (senoufo, Mali); miwobalann (creole, Haiti); monbe (Suriname); monben, monben fran (creole, Haiti); mope, mopé (Suriname); mopiyó (panare, Venezuela); moppé (Suriname); naingro (Mali); ninko (malinke); ninkôm (mandigue and wolof); noeboe (Suriname); noma (chinanteco, Mexico); nsukakara (efik); nugòn (malinke, Mali); okhighan (edo, Nigeria); okhikhen (urhobo, Nigeria); pau de Tapera (Brazil); pilm (mandyak); poc (Guatemala); pok (maya, Belize); popocua (tarasco, Mexico); psal (balanta); quinim (huasteco, Mexico); shipá (totonaco, Mexico); siné (susu); sob (wolof); sul (falor and ndoute); sun (non); talé (fuuta jalon and fulfulde); tali (fulfulde); tana (Senegal); taperebá (portuguese, Brazil); taperibá, tapevebá (Brazil); tsadar masar (hausa); tsióroqui (asháninca, Peru); tsuyacho (cofán, Ecuador); tu-ni (chontal, Mexico); tyalé (fuuta jalon and fulfulde); tyali (fulfulde); tzacaxocotl (nahuatl); xkinin-hobo (maya, Mexico); yôga (serer); zabac-abal (maya, Mexico)
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