Anacardiaceae
Yellow mombin
Spondias mombin
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Spondias
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Common names
By language (23)
- Bambara
- Minkɔn
- Bangla
- আমড়া
- Chinese
- 黃酸棗, 黄槟榔青, 黄酸枣
- dag
- Mimiiŋa
- Dutch
- Gele mombinpruim, Cajá, Mope, Mopé
- English
- Yellow mombin, Hog plum
- Estonian
- Kollane mombinipuu
- ff
- Caɓɓulli Makka
- Finnish
- Amrapuu
- French
- Prunier mombin, Mombin, Mombin jaune, Monbin, Prune mombin
- Guarani
- Akaja
- Haitian Creole
- Monben bata
- Japanese
- モンビン
- Kannada
- ಅಮಟೆ
- nah
- Mazāxococuahuitl
- Polish
- Śliwiec mombin
- Portuguese
- Cajazeira
- Russian
- Момбин жёлтый, Жёлтый момбин, Ямайская слива
- Spanish
- Ashanti plum, Mango ciruelo, Taperiba o Tapicho, Taperibá o Tapicho
- Sundanese
- Kadongdong sabrang, Kadongdong cucuk
- Swahili
- Amra
- Thai
- มะกอก, มะกอกเหลือง
- Vietnamese
- Cóc Thái, Cóc
Synonyms
- Mauria juglandifolia Benth. ex Engl.
- Spondias aurantiaca Schumach. & Thonn.
- Spondias brasiliensis Mart. ex Engl.
- Spondias cirouella Tussac
- Spondias cytherea Tussac
- Spondias dubia A.Rich.
- Spondias glabra Engl.
- Spondias graveolens Macfad.
- Spondias lucida Salisb.
- Spondias lutea L.
- Spondias lutea var. glabra Engl.
- Spondias lutea var. maxima Engl.
- Spondias maxima Engl.
- Spondias mombin var. mombin
- Spondias myrobalanus L.
- Spondias pseudomyrobalanus Tussac
Flowers
- In flower
- May, October to January (from 14 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: Yolanda M. Leon, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marco Schmidt, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yolanda M. Leon, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yolanda M. Leon, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yolanda M. Leon, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Silvia Ten, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gabriel Cardoso Fialho, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.