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Spondias purpurea L.

Anacardiaceae

S North America (S Mexico to Panama) NW MW South America? (Colombia, Ecuador, NW Peru) int Africa

SW SC SE

S[L]

hel

dr (crushed leaves bath for skin itch, skin parasites and hemorrhoids, crushed leaves and applied as a head bath for head cold and headache, fruits eaten in quantity for constipation, leaves decoction for dysentery and diarrhea, leaves juice taken orally for swollen glands, leaves juice with salt taken orally for trauma, leaves exhibit anti-bacterial properties, pulverized leaves decoction with salt gargle for digestive ailments) fd (fruits, leaves) fr fw ma pl (cultivated for fruits, hedgerows and roadsides) pp (very good for paper pulp) sa ti (general construction, interior finishing, posts)

Spondias cirouella Tussac Spondias crispula Beurl. Spondias lutea Macfad. non L. Spondias macrocarpa Engl. Spondias mexicana S.Watson Spondias mombin Descourt. non L. Spondias mombin L. (1758) non L. (1753) Spondias myrobalanus Jacq. non L. Spondias purpurea var. munita I.M.Johnst. Spondias purpurea f. lutea (Macfad.) Fawc. & Rendle Warmingia macrocarpa Engl. Warmingia pauciflora Engl.

purple mombin; hogplum (Bahamas, USA); Jamaica plum (Puerto Rico); Jamaica-plum (Trinidad); Jamaican plum; plum (Belize); purple plum (USA); purple-plum (Virgin Islands); red mombin (Honduras, USA); red plum (Netherlands Antilles); Spanish plum (Guyana, Honduras, Puerto Rico, USA); wild-plum (Costa Rica, Panama)

mombin rouge; arbicotier bâtard, cirouelle, cirouellier (Haiti); ciroyer d'Amérique, coroyer d'Amérique, prune à têter; prune d'Espagne, prune du Chili (Guadeloupe, Martinique); prune jaune (Guadeloupe); prune mombin rouge (Senegal); prune rouge (Guadeloupe); prune-Chili; prunier d'Espagne, prunier du Chili, prunier rouge, spondias pourpre (Senegal)

ajuela, ajuela ciruelo (Peru); ciruela (Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico); ciruela amarilla, ciruela campechana (Cuba); ciruela del país (Puerto Rico); ciruela morada, ciruela sanjuanera (Dominican Republic); ciruella colorada (Cuba); ciruelo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua); ciruelo agrio (Peru); ciruelo de huesito (Venezuela); ciruelos (Colombia); hobo colorado (Colombia, Ecuador); jacote (Guatemala, Honduras); jobillo (Puerto Rico); jobito (Costa Rica); jobo (Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Panama); jobo francés (Puerto Rico); jobo negro (Dominican Republic); jocote (Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua); jocote común (Nicaragua); jocote de iguana, jocote de invierno (El Salvador); jocote iguanero (Costa Rica, Puerto Rico); jocote jobo (El Salvador); morada (Dominican Republic); pitarrillo (El Salvador); sismoyo (Costa Rica)

ab-èl, ab-ùl (maya, Belize); anum, canum (Guatemala); makka pruim; mãndipul de Sera Léoã (portuguese creole); noba; rum, run (Guatemala); siwèl (creole, Haiti); sob tubab (wolof); unum, xugut (Guatemala); zabriko bata (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Spondias purpurea L.
Family	Anacardiaceae
Distribution	S North America (S Mexico to Panama) NW MW South America? (Colombia, Ecuador, NW Peru) int Africa
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	S[L]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel
Use	dr (crushed leaves bath for skin itch, skin parasites and hemorrhoids, crushed leaves and applied as a head bath for head cold and headache, fruits eaten in quantity for constipation, leaves decoction for dysentery and diarrhea, leaves juice taken orally for swollen glands, leaves juice with salt taken orally for trauma, leaves exhibit anti-bacterial properties, pulverized leaves decoction with salt gargle for digestive ailments) fd (fruits, leaves) fr fw ma pl (cultivated for fruits, hedgerows and roadsides) pp (very good for paper pulp) sa ti (general construction, interior finishing, posts)
Synonym	Spondias cirouella Tussac Spondias crispula Beurl. Spondias lutea Macfad. non L. Spondias macrocarpa Engl. Spondias mexicana S.Watson Spondias mombin Descourt. non L. Spondias mombin L. (1758) non L. (1753) Spondias myrobalanus Jacq. non L. Spondias purpurea var. munita I.M.Johnst. Spondias purpurea f. lutea (Macfad.) Fawc. & Rendle Warmingia macrocarpa Engl. Warmingia pauciflora Engl.
English name	purple mombin; hogplum (Bahamas, USA); Jamaica plum (Puerto Rico); Jamaica-plum (Trinidad); Jamaican plum; plum (Belize); purple plum (USA); purple-plum (Virgin Islands); red mombin (Honduras, USA); red plum (Netherlands Antilles); Spanish plum (Guyana, Honduras, Puerto Rico, USA); wild-plum (Costa Rica, Panama)
French name	mombin rouge; arbicotier bâtard, cirouelle, cirouellier (Haiti); ciroyer d'Amérique, coroyer d'Amérique, prune à têter; prune d'Espagne, prune du Chili (Guadeloupe, Martinique); prune jaune (Guadeloupe); prune mombin rouge (Senegal); prune rouge (Guadeloupe); prune-Chili; prunier d'Espagne, prunier du Chili, prunier rouge, spondias pourpre (Senegal)
Spanish name	ajuela, ajuela ciruelo (Peru); ciruela (Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico); ciruela amarilla, ciruela campechana (Cuba); ciruela del país (Puerto Rico); ciruela morada, ciruela sanjuanera (Dominican Republic); ciruella colorada (Cuba); ciruelo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua); ciruelo agrio (Peru); ciruelo de huesito (Venezuela); ciruelos (Colombia); hobo colorado (Colombia, Ecuador); jacote (Guatemala, Honduras); jobillo (Puerto Rico); jobito (Costa Rica); jobo (Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Panama); jobo francés (Puerto Rico); jobo negro (Dominican Republic); jocote (Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua); jocote común (Nicaragua); jocote de iguana, jocote de invierno (El Salvador); jocote iguanero (Costa Rica, Puerto Rico); jocote jobo (El Salvador); morada (Dominican Republic); pitarrillo (El Salvador); sismoyo (Costa Rica)
Other name	ab-èl, ab-ùl (maya, Belize); anum, canum (Guatemala); makka pruim; mãndipul de Sera Léoã (portuguese creole); noba; rum, run (Guatemala); siwèl (creole, Haiti); sob tubab (wolof); unum, xugut (Guatemala); zabriko bata (creole, Haiti)
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