Sapindaceae
Spanish lime
Melicoccus bijugatus
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Melicoccus
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Common names
By language (24)
- Bulgarian
- Meliococcus bijugatus
- Chinese
- 蜜莓, 蜜苺
- Croatian
- Medena boba
- Dutch
- Knippa, Mamoncillo, Quenepa
- English
- Spanish lime, Meliococcus bijugatus, Quenepa
- French
- Quenettier, Ackee, Kenettier, Kenépier, Mamoncillo, Meliococcus bijugatus, Quenette
- German
- Meliococcus bijugatus
- guc
- Kane'wa
- Haitian Creole
- Pye kenèp
- Hungarian
- Mézbogyó, Meliococcus bijugatus
- Italian
- Meliococcus bijugatus
- Japanese
- マモン
- Khmer
- ពង្រ
- koi
- Мамончилло
- Korean
- 마몬
- kv
- Мамончилло
- lbe
- Мамончилло
- mrj
- Мамончилло
- pap
- Kenepa
- Portuguese
- Mamoncillo, Lima espanhola
- Russian
- Мамончилло, Meliococcus bijugatus
- Spanish
- Guaya, Mamon, Mamoncillo, Mamón, Melicoca bijuga, Meliococcus bijugatus, Papamundi, Papamundo
- Thai
- มามอนซิโย, มามอนซีโย
- udm
- Мамончилло
Synonyms
- Melicocca bijuga L.
- Melicocca carpoodea Juss.
- Melicoccus bijugatus f. alata Kitan.
- Melicoccus bijugatus f. alatus Kitan.
- Stadmannia bijuga D.Dietr.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Acarcano, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chase Mathey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: daveynin, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scott Allen Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yolanda M. Leon, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brian Oakes Haiti Hunter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.