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Spondias
''Spondias'' is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. The genus consists of 17 described species, 7 of which are native to the Neotropics and about 10 are native to tropical Asia. They are commonly named hog plums, Spanish plums, libas in Bikol and in some cases golden apples for their brightly colored fruit which resemble an apple or small plum at a casual glance. They are only distantly related to apple and plum trees, however. A more unequivocal common name is mombins.
A theory regarding the name of the city of Bangkok, Thailand is that the name is derived from ''makok'' (มะกอก), the Thai name for the fruit of ''Spondias dulcis''.〔("ชั้นและตำบลที่ตั้งวัด" ), ''watarun.org'', accessed March 29, 2011.〕 ''Spondias pinnata'' is called ''Pulicha kaai'' in the Tamil language, which means "sour fruit." It is also called as "Amate Kaai" in (language ) ''Ambade'' in Tulu and Konkani. In Sri Lanka it is called ''Amberella''.
==Description==
They are deciduous or semi-evergreen trees growing to 25 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, pinnate, rarely bipinnate or simple. The fruit is a drupe similar to a small mango (in the related genus ''Mangifera''), 4–10 cm long, ripening yellow or orange. It has a single seed.
The Malesian species of ''Spondias'' were revised by Ding Hou in 1978.〔''Flora Malesiana'' series 1, 8(3):395-577.〕 The most recently recognized species, ''Spondias testudinis'', was described in 1998.〔John D. Mitchell and Douglas C. Daly. 1998. "The "tortoise's cajá" - a new species of ''Spondias'' (Anacardiaceae) from southwestern Amazonia" ''Brittonia'' 50( ):447-451.〕
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