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Spondias
Also called Hog Plums, Mombins, Spanish Plums, Golden Apples
Spondias, the mombins or hog plums, is a genus of deciduous tropical trees in the cashew family grown mainly for their colourful fleshy fruit. Most are grown as fruit trees in warm frost-free climates, and the fruit is the main reason to plant them.
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.
Jewish plum · Yellow mombin · Common Hog Plum · Purple mombin · Imbu
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