Record Number
6309
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers
Taxon
Spondias cytherea Sonnerat
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Spondias in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Spondias in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Synonyms
Spondias dulcis Soland. ex J.G. Forster.
Vernacular Names
Ambarella, great hog plum, otaheite apple (En). Indonesia: kedongdong (general), coco (Ternate), kedondong manis (Java). Malaysia: kedondong (general). Papua New Guinea: spondias (En). Philippines: hevi (Filipino), viapple (En). Burma (Myanmar): gwe-cho. Thailand: ma kok farang, ma kok waan (central). Vietnam: c[os]c tr[oof]ng.
Distribution
Native throughout South and South-East Asia; widely cultivated in other tropical regions.
Author(s)
D.S. Alonzo
Correct Citation of this Article
Alonzo, D.S., 1998. Spondias cytherea Sonnerat. In: Sosef, M.S.M., Hong, L.T. and Prawirohatmodjo, S. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
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