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''Spondias'' is a genus of flowering plants in the 
A theory regarding the name of the city of Bangkok, Thailand is that the name is derived from th, -มะกอกน้ำ; 'water olive', the
About 10 species of ''Spondias'' bear edible fruits and have been domesticated for fruit production. These fruits are also consumed by herbivorous mammals such as deer.
In the Western Ghats of Karnataka flower buds and tender fruits are used in pickle preparation.
In Thai cuisine both the fruits and the tender leaves are eaten. In Odisha its called ambada, the fruit is used as a souring agent in curries.
cashew
The cashew tree (''Anacardium occidentale'') is a tropical evergreen tree native to South America in the genus ''Anacardium'' that produces the cashew seed and the cashew apple accessory fruit. The tree can grow as tall as , but the dwarf cult ...
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 commonly named hog plums, Spanish plums, libas in Bikol and in some cases golden apples for their brightly colored fruit which resemble an apple or small plum
A plum is a fruit of some species in ''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus'.'' Dried plums are called prunes.
History
Plums may have been one of the first fruits domesticated by humans. Three of the most abundantly cultivated species are not found i ...
at a casual glance. They are only distantly related to apple and plum trees, however. A more unequivocal common name is mombins.
A theory regarding the name of the city of Bangkok, Thailand is that the name is derived from th, -มะกอกน้ำ; 'water olive', the Thai
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name for the fruit of '' Spondias dulcis''. In Cambodia, ''Spondias pinnata'' is called /pɷːn siː pʰlaɛ/ (ពោនស៊ីផ្លែ) or /məkaʔ prẹj/ (ម្កាក់ព្រៃ), and ''Spondias dulcis'' simply /məkaʔ/ (ម្កាក់). ''Spondias pinnata'' is called ''Pulicha kaai'' in the Tamil language, which means "sour fruit." It is also called "Amate Kaai" in the Kannada language
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native sp ...
, ''Ambade'' in Tulu
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and Konkani. In Sri Lanka it is called ''Amberella''. In Bangladesh it is known as ''Aamra'' (আমড়া) and when served with seasonings it is a very popular street food.
Description
They are deciduous or semi-evergreen trees growing to 25 m tall. Theleaves
A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...
are spirally arranged, pinnate, rarely bipinnate or simple. The fruit is a drupe
In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the ''pit'', ''stone'', or '' pyrena'') of hardened endocarp with a seed (''kernel'') ...
similar to a small mango
A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree ''Mangifera indica''. It is believed to have originated in the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in South a ...
(in the related genus '' Mangifera''), 4–10 cm long, ripening yellow or orange. It has a single seed.
The Malesian species of ''Spondias'' were revised by Ding Hou in 1978.''Flora Malesiana'' series 1, 8(3):395-577. The most recently recognized species, '' Spondias testudinis'', was described in 1998.John D. Mitchell and Douglas C. Daly. 1998. "The "tortoise's cajá" - a new species of ''Spondias'' (Anacardiaceae) from southwestern Amazonia" ''Brittonia'' 50( ):447-451.
As food
About 10 species of ''Spondias'' bear edible fruits and have been domesticated for fruit production. These fruits are also consumed by herbivorous mammals such as deer.
In the Western Ghats of Karnataka flower buds and tender fruits are used in pickle preparation.
In Thai cuisine both the fruits and the tender leaves are eaten. In Odisha its called ambada, the fruit is used as a souring agent in curries.
Selected species
, ''Plants of the World online'' has 19 accepted species: Selected synonyms include: * ''Spondias cytherea
''Spondias dulcis'' (Synonym (taxonomy), syn. ''Spondias cytherea''), known commonly as () in Sri Lanka or June plum, is a Tropics, tropical tree, with edible fruit containing a fibrous pit. In the English speaking Caribbean it is typically k ...
'' — synonym of '' Spondias dulcis''
* '' Spondias haplophylla'' — synonym of ''Bouea oppositifolia
''Bouea oppositifolia'', also known as plum mango, kundang, kundangan or remenia, is a species of flowering plant, a fruit tree in the mango family, that is native to Indochina and Southeast Asia.
Description
The tree grows to 10–20 m ...
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* ''Spondias indica
''Spondias'' is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew 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 commonly named hog plums, ...
'' — synonym of ''Solenocarpus indicus
''Solenocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Anacardiaceae.
Its native range is Southern India, Malesia to New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, i ...
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* ''Spondias lakonensis
''Spondias'' is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew 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 commonly named hog plums, Span ...
'' — synonym of ''Allospondias lakonensis
''Allospondias'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Anacardiaceae.
Its native range is Southern China to Malaysian Peninsula
The Malay Peninsula ( Malay: ''Semenanjung Tanah Melayu'') is a peninsula in Mainland Southea ...
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References
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q311460 Anacardiaceae genera Fruit trees