Record Number
6311
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers
Taxon
Spondias pinnata (L. f.) Kurz
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 mangifera Willd.
Vernacular Names
Common hog plum (En). Indonesia: kedongdong (general), kacemcem (Bali), kedongdong leuweung (Sundanese). Malaysia: embrah, kedongdong, memberah (Peninsular). Philippines: libas (Filipino). Burma (Myanmar): gwe, pwe-baung. Cambodia: mokak. Laos: kok, kouk, 'mak kok. Thailand: ma-kok (general). Vietnam: c[os]c chua, c[os]c r[uwf]ng.
Distribution
Native to India, Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, southern China, Thailand, and throughout Malesia to the Solomon Islands; also commonly cultivated in western Malesia and locally naturalized.
Author(s)
D.S. Alonzo
Correct Citation of this Article
Alonzo, D.S., 1998. Spondias pinnata (L. f.) Kurz. 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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