Spondias Species
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Spondias dulcis Foster & Forster f. [as Spondias cytherea Sonn.]
Fig. 1
Spondias dulcis Foster & Forster f. [as S. cytherea Sonn.]

Spondias dulcis Foster & Forster f. [as Spondias cytherea Sonn.]
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S. dulcis Foster & Forster f. [as S. cytherea Sonn.]

Jobo de la India, ambarella, Spondias dulcis Parkinson
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Jobo de la India, ambarella, S. dulcis Parkinson

Jobo, hogplum, yellow mombin  Spondias mombin L.
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Jobo, hogplum, yellow mombin, S. mombin L.

Spondias mombin L.
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S. mombin L.

Spondias mombin L. [as Gully Plum-Tree, Mombin] [syn. Spondias lutea L.]
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S. mombin L. [as Gully Plum-Tree, Mombin] [syn. S. lutea L.]

Spondias mombin L.
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S. mombin L.

Spondias mombin L. [as Amerikaansche pruimboom]
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S. mombin L. [as Amerikaansche pruimboom]

Spondias purpurea L. [as Spondias myrobalanus L.]
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S. purpurea L. [as S. myrobalanus L.]

Spondias purpurea L. [as Spondias myrobalanus L.]
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S. purpurea L. [as S. myrobalanus L.]

Ciruela del pais, purple, Spondias purpurea L. mombln
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Ciruela del pais, purple, S. purpurea L. mombln


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Botanical Prints

Fig. 1 Jacquin, N. J. vonm "Spondias dulcis Foster & Forster f. [as Spondias cytherea Sonn.]." Plantarum rariorum horti caesarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, vol. 3: t. 272, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A, 1798, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 23 Apr. 2015.
Fig. Sonnerat, P. "Spondias dulcis Foster & Forster f. [as Spondias cytherea Sonn.]." Voyage aux Indes orientales et à la Chine, vol. 2: t. 123, 1772, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 23 Apr. 2015.
Fig. 3 "Jobo de la India, ambarella, Spondias dulcis Parkinson." Common trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, c. 1964, Internet Archive Book Images, Public domain, www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/20048197633/in/photolist-wxAfFT. Accessed 19 Jan. 2023.
Fig. 4 "Jobo, hogplum, yellow mombin Spondias mombin L." Common trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, c. 1964, Internet Archive, Public domain, archive.org/details/commontreesofpue00litt/page/294/mode/2up. Accessed 19 Jan. 2023.
Fig. 5 Descourtilz, J. E. "Spondias mombin, L." Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 5: t. 336, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1827, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 23 Apr. 2015.
Fig. 6 "Spondias mombin L. [as Gully Plum-Tree, Mombin] [syn. Spondias lutea L.]." New York Botanical Garden, U.S.A., 1750, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 23 Apr. 2015.
Fig. 7 "Spondias mombin, L." Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, vol. 54: p. 366, t. 5, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1967, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 23 Apr. 2015.
Fig. 8 Merian, M. S. "Spondias mombin L. [as Amerikaansche pruimboom]." De metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium, of te verandering der Surinaamsche insecten, t. 13, 1714, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 23 Apr. 2015.
Fig. 9 Descourtilz, J. E. "Spondias purpurea L. [as Spondias myrobalanus L.] " Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 6: t. 397, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1828, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 23 Apr. 2015. 
Fig. 10 Vietz, F. B. "Spondias purpurea L. [as Spondias myrobalanus L.]." Icones plantarum medico-oeconomico-technologicarum, vol. 2: t. 135. Illustration contributed by the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1804, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 23 Apr. 2015.
Fig. 11 "Ciruela del pais, purple, Spondias purpurea L. mombln" Common trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, c. 1964, Internet Archive, Public domain, archive.org/details/commontreesofpue00litt/page/296/mode/2up. Accessed 19 Jan. 2023.

Published 23 Apr. 2015 LR. Last update 19 Jan. 2023 LR
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