Spondias

taxobox
name = "Spondias"

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image_caption = "Spondia dulcis"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Sapindales
familia = Anacardiaceae
genus = "Spondias"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text|

"Spondias" is a genus of flowering plants of the family Anacardiaceae. The genus consists of 17 described species, 7 of which are native to the Neotropics and about 10 are native to tropical Asia.

They are deciduous or semi-evergreen trees growing to 25 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, pinnate, rarely bipinnate or simple. The fruit is a drupe similar to a small mango (in the related genus "Mangifera"), 4-10 cm long, ripening yellow or orange.

About 10 species of "Spondias" bear edible fruits and have been domesticated for fruit production. The fruit has a single seed.

The name of the city of Bangkok, Thailand is believed to derive from "makok" (มะกอก), the Thai name for the fruit of "Spondias mombin".

;Selected species
*"Spondias dulcis" Tahitian apple
*"Spondias haplophylla"
*"Spondias indica"
*"Spondias lakonensis"
*"Spondias mombin" - yellow mombin, hog plum, Java plum
*"Spondias pinnata"
*"Spondias purpurea" - red mombin, Spanish plum
*"Spondias radlkoferi"
*"Spondias tuberosa" - umbú
*"Spondias venulosa"

External links

* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?11429 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Spondias"]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=3&taxon_id=131065 Flora of China: list of "Spondias" species in China]