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| Family : ANACARDIACEAE |
| Protologue : Sp. Pl. ed. I.: 371 |
| Information on the genus : Spondias |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (naturalised-introduced) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Spondias lutea L. |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Tree, deciduous 10-25 m; bole straight, cylindrical, moderately buttressed, c. 50 cm Ø, 1,5 m in girth, sometimes spiny when young; bark thick, corky, deeply fissured; slash pale pink, darkening rapidly. |
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| Ecology : |
Forest regrowth in savanna; frequent in dry forest; deciduous forest in high rainfall savanna (S Sudan); semi-deciduous forest; secondary forest; around villages and farmlands, c. 90-250 m alt. (Gabon). |
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Engler (Pflanzenwelt Afr. 3/2: 177, 1921) distinguishes 2 forms: - fa. latifolia; - fa. angustifolia, with respect to shape of leaflets. |
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Native in tropical America, Caribbean; “dispersed under Spanish influence to the Philippines and thence into Asia proper” (Burkill, l.c.). Planted for its fruit (sharp acid taste), for fencing purposes, graveyards. |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 34 (2006).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Fgui |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
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| Record n°6170 modified 2007-04-18 |
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