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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Spondias''
| image = Spondias dulcis.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Spondia dulcis''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = [[Anacardiaceae]]
| genus = '''''Spondias'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Spondias''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s 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]].
[[Image:Spondias dulcis3.jpg|200px|thumb|left|''Spondias dulcis'', fruit, section and seed]]
They are [[deciduous]] or [[evergreen|semi-evergreen]] [[tree]]s growing to 25 m tall. The [[leaf|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]]. <br clear = left>
The name of the city of [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] is believed to derive from ''makok'' (มะกอก), the [[Thai language|Thai]] name for the fruit of ''[[Spondias mombin]]''.
;Selected species
*''[[Tahitian apple|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]
[[Category:Sapindales]]
[[Category:Thai cuisine]]
[[Category:Vietnamese cuisine]]
{{fruit-stub}}
{{Sapindales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Spondias''
| image = Spondias dulcis.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Spondia dulcis''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = [[Anacardiaceae]]
| genus = '''''Spondias'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Spondias''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s 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]].
[[Image:Spondias dulcis3.jpg|200px|thumb|left|''Spondias dulcis'', fruit, section and seed]]
They are [[deciduous]] or [[evergreen|semi-evergreen]] [[tree]]s growing to 25 m tall. The [[leaf|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]]. <br clear = left>
The name of the city of [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] is believed to derive from ''makok'' (มะกอก), the [[Thai language|Thai]] name for the fruit of ''[[Spondias mombin]]''.
;Selected species
*''[[Tahitian apple|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]
[[Category:Sapindales]]
[[Category:Thai cuisine]]
[[Category:Vietnamese cuisine]]
{{fruit-stub}}
{{Sapindales-stub}}
