Spondias mombin L. (Sp. Pl. 371. 1753.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Anguilla, Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, the Grenadines, Maria Galante,Martinique, Monserrat, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (exotic), Cuba (native), Cayman Island (exotic), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) (Guana Islands, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, Tortola, Virgin Gorda ) ], North America (Mexico), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Old World (exotic),
Common Names: Aceitero (Cuba), Ciruela (Dominican Republic), Ciruela agria (Cuba), Ciruela amarilla (Dominican Republic), Ciruela dulce (Cuba), Ciruelo (Dominican Republic), Citero (Cuba), Grand mombin (Haiti), Grand mombin franc (Haiti), Gros mombin (Haiti), Hobos (Cuba), Hog plum (Dominican Republic), Hog plum (Jamaica), Hog plum (L. Antilles), Jamaican plum (Jamaica), Jew plum (Jamaica), Jobito (Cuba), Jobo (Cuba), Jobo (Dominican Republic), Jobo (Puerto Rico), Jobo amarillo (Dominican Republic), Jobo de la India (Cuba), Jobo de la India (Dominican Republic), Jobo de perro (Puerto Rico), Jobo de puerco (Dominican Republic), Jobo gusanero (Puerto Rico), Jobo hembra (Cuba), Jobo negro (Cuba), Jobo negro (Dominican Republic), Jobo vano (Puerto Rico), Jobobán (Dominican Republic), Manzana de oro (Dominican Republic), Manzana de Otahití (Cuba), Mombin (Haiti), Mombin (L. Antilles), Mombín (Cuba), Mombin espagnol (Haiti), Mombin franc (Haiti), Myrobalane (Dominican Republic), Pomme cythere (Haiti), Pomme-cythére (L. Antilles), Prune mombin (L. Antilles), Prune myrobalan (L. Antilles), Prune-cythére (L. Antilles), Robe (Dominican Republic), Yellow plum (L. Antilles),
Synonyms: Spondias lutea L. (Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 613. 1762.), Spondias lutea L. var. maxima Engl. (in C.F.P. von Martius, Fl. Bras. 12(2): 374. 1876.), Spondias pseudomyrobalanus Tussac (Fl. Antill. 4: 97. 1827.),
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