Spondias mombin

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S. mombin, fruiting.


Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: ?
Cultivation
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Read about Spondias mombin in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Spondias mombin, Linn. (S. purpurea, Linn.). Spanish Plum. Prunier D'espagne. Ciruela. Small tree, sometimes spreading, stiff, up to about 25 ft. in height: lvs. 5-8 in. long; lfts. 16-21, oblong-elliptic, 1 – 1 1/2 in. long, 5/8 in. broad, usually somewhat asymmetrical, acute or bluntish, subserrate: racemes unbranched, about 1/2 in. long, few-fld.; the fls. purplish maroon: fr. oblong-obovoid, commonly purplish, about 1 in. long, the seed oblong-elliptical, 1/2 – 3/4 in. long, roughened on the surface. Trop. Amer. CH


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