Spondias L.
| Kannada Name : | - |
| Common Name : | Mombins |
| Family Name : | Anacardiaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Spondias |
| Species Type : | Exotic |
| Phenology : | Deciduous |
| Conservation Status : | Least concern |
| Flowering Period : | January to May |
| Fruiting Period : | July to September |
| Origin : | Tropical Americas, including the West Indies |
Uses
The fruit pulp is either eaten fresh or made into juice, concentrate, jellies, and sherbets.
Description
Small to large deciduous or semi-deciduous trees. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate; leaflets opposite to sub-opposite, membranous or sub coriaceous, margins entire, crenate or serrate. Inflorescence an axillary or terminal panicle. Flowers small, bisexual, sometimes unisexual; cream, white, orange or red. Fruit a drupe; oblong, globose, obovoid or ellipsoid, green, yellow, orange or red drupe, mesocarp fleshy, edible, acidic, bony endocarp with a fibrous matrix.
