Anacardiaceae
Purple mombin
Spondias purpurea
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Spondias
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- برقوق اسبانيا
- arz
- سبوندياس بوربوريا
- bik
- Sirigwelas
- Chinese
- 侯購諜, 紫槟榔青, 墨西哥槟榔青, 墨西哥檳榔青
- Divehi
- ޤިރިގުއެލާ އެވެ
- Dutch
- Rode mombinpruim, Jocote
- English
- Purple mombin, Ciruela, Jocote, Red mombin, Siniguela
- Filipino
- Sinigwelas, Cirihuela, Ciruela, Ciruhuela, Hokote, Jocote, Jokote, Siniguelas
- French
- Prunier d'Espagne, Prunier d’Espagne
- German
- Rote Mombinpflaume, Jocote
- Haitian Creole
- Siwèl
- Iloko
- Sarguelas
- Malayalam
- ജൊക്കോട്ട്, പന്നിപ്പഴം, പർപ്പിൾ മോംബിൻ, റെഡ് മോംബിൻ, സിനെഗ്വെല്ലാ, സിരിഗ്വെല്ലാ, സ്പാനിഷ് പഴം, സ്പൊണ്ടിയാസ് പർപ്യൂറിയ
- mwl
- Quiriguela
- nah
- Ātōyāxocotl
- pam
- Sariguelas
- Persian
- اسپاندیاس پورپورآ
- Polish
- Śliwiec purpurowy
- Portuguese
- Seriguela, Ciriguela, Cirigüela, Ciruela, Serigüela, Siriguela
- Russian
- Момбин пурпуровый, Момбин пурпурный, Мексиканская слива, Пурпурный момбин
- Spanish
- Ciruela de huesito, Jocote
- Thai
- มะกอกแดง
- Ukrainian
- Момбін пурпурний
Synonyms
- Spondias crispula Beurl.
- Spondias jocote-amarillo Kosterm.
- Spondias mexicana S.Watson
- Spondias myrobalanus L.
- Spondias negrosensis Kosterm.
- Spondias purpurea f. lutea Fawc. & Rendle
- Spondias purpurea var. munita I.M.Johnst.
- Warmingia pauciflora Engl.
Flowers
- In flower
- December to April (from 34 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ricardo Betancourt Sánchez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: nasua, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jake Rehage, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Xavier Alejandro Caratachea Navarro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jorge Mejía peralta from Managua, Nicaragua, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oscar Marín, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: adel-fridus, 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.