Anacardiaceae Spondias purpurea L.

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

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Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Bole
• Fruit
• Habit
• Vegetative
• Tree (any size)
• Flower & fruit
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Grand Etang - GRENADA
• River Sallee - GRENADA
• Barra de la Cruz - HUGHESFRP

Species information

Description
Low branched Tree to 7m, often with stem almost hori\ontal; Leaflets serrated nr apex. Flowers axillary,. Living fences and common in gardens. There is a purple and yellow fruited form.

Interest
Easily roots from cuttings, and has edible fruits. In grenada the leaves are used to control insects, especially flies, in houses (Politi, 1996). The plant is also used like S.mombin.

Specimen information

Collection Date
15/06/2001

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, S.Cable & D. Jules

Specimen Number
519

Location
At side of main road through village.

Notes
Tree 6 m tall. BOLE: split at base. BARK: rough, corky, white-grey. SLASH: thick, chunky, soft, fibrous, apricot with red-brown lines due to radial corky intrusions. LEAVES: margins slightly recurved, rachis winged; US midrib prominant, secs impressed, both hairy; LS sec. nerves prominant. (RHS colour code: Leaf upper =137B, below=137C)

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.120000 N   Longitude: 61.370000 W   Altitude: 50