Spondias dulcis (Introduced)

Spondias dulcis Sol., J. voy. South Seas 39. 1773 (syn. Chrysomelon pomiferum G.Forst. ex A.Gray; Cytheraea dulcis (Parkinson) Wight & Arn.; Evia acida Blume; Evia dulcis (Parkinson) Comm. ex Blume; Poupartia dulcis (Parkinson) Blume; Spondias cytherea Sonn.; Spondias dulcis var. mucroniserrata Engl.; Spondias fragrans Pav. ex Engl.; Spondias longifolia Roxb.) as per POWO;

Native to: Christmas I., Malaya, Maluku, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is.; Introduced into: Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Colombia, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Laos, Leeward Is., Mauritius, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niue, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Zaïre as per POWO; 

 

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This fast-growing tree can reach up to 60 ft (18 m) in its native homeland of Melanesia through Polynesia; however, it usually averages 30 to 40 ft (9–12 m) in other areas. Spondias dulcis has deciduous, pinnate leaves, 8 to 24 in (20–60 cm) in length, composed of 9 to 25 glossy, elliptic or obovate-oblong leaflets 2.5 to 4.0 in (6.25–10 cm) long, finely toothed toward the apex.^[3] The tree produces small, inconspicuous white flowers in terminal panicles, assorted male, female. Its oval fruits, 2.5 to 3.5 in (6.25–9 cm) long, are long-stalked and are produced in bunches of 12 or more. Over several weeks, the fruit fall to the ground while still green and hard, turning golden-yellow as they ripen. According to Morton (1987), “some fruits in the South Sea Islands weigh over 1 lb (0.45 kg) each”. (Ref. Wikipedia– 12.3.13);

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Hog Plum : 8 images. 5 posts by 4 authors.

230513 ASP 26 :  Attachments (1). 4 posts by 3 authors.

Can you pl ID this medicinal plant, a small shrub/climber that grows in dry area in Northern Sri Lanka. Photo was taken in Dec 2012

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Looks like some Meliaceae member. The photograph is not clear. Better you post the close ups of the flowers foliage for a possible ID

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To all…This looks like Spondias dulci; the image that of a cultivated dwarf.

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July2015sk05/05 — Spondias cytherea Sonn. : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (8) 

 

References:

POWO  Catalogue of Life  GRIN  The Plant List Ver. 1.1  Wikipedia   Top Tropical  

SPONDIAS CYTHEREA – GOLDEN APPLE.  Spondias cytherea  Chestofbooks