Anacardiaceae

Imbu

Spondias tuberosa Arruda

Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Spondias

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Imbu (Spondias tuberosa) — FlowerPhoto: stephen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (16)

Chinese: 巴西李
English: Imbu
German: Umbu, Umbú
Guarani: Umbu
koi: Имбу
kv: Имбу
lbe: Имбу
mrj: Имбу
mwl: Umbu
mzn: ومبوزیرو
Persian: آلوی برزیلی
Polish: Śliwiec umbu, Umbu
Portuguese: Umbuzeiro, Imbuzeiro, Jique, Umbu
Russian: Имбу, Бразильская слива, Умбу
Spanish: Umbu, Umbú
udm: Имбу

Flowers

In flower: January to February, September to November (from 48 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: stephen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Whaldener Endo, CC0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Martin Vallejos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Taize Santos, CC0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Taize Santos, CC0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Tiago Lubiana, CC0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Marcello Mastroianni Albuquerque Araújo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daniele Gidsicki, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: cristianol1456, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: guilherme jofili, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: TEIKO44, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification 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.