Filed As:

Anacardiaceae
Spondias mombin L. var. mombin

All Determinations:

Spondias mombin L. var. mombin det. J. D. Mitchell, 2001

Common Names:

cajá

Location:

Brazil. Acre. Santa Rosa do Purus Mun. Rio Chandless (tributary of Alto Rio Purus), right bank, "Canamari".

Collector(s):

D. C. Daly 10175 with H. Kuchmeister, D. Gomes da Silva, L. Lima, E. Consuelo, 28 Mar 1999

Description:

Tree. Tree to 28 m x 80 cm, outer bark tray, broadly but shallowly fissured, rough, thin, inner bark to 5 cm thick, brittle, broadly rose- and tan-striate. Fruits oblong-ovoid, maturing yellow. USE: Mesocarp of fruit sweet, edible. Phenology of specimen: Fruit, Fruit.

Habitat:

Forest in broad, meandering stream valley in steeply hilly terrain.

Other:

Specimen Notes: See NY barcode 482624 (separate fruit)

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 482623
GUID: 5e607910-f86e-45e9-9bfc-aab63492bf9f

Map:

Coordinates: (-9.3831, -69.9442)

Distribution:

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