Anacardiaceae Spondias purpurea L.

Engraving from H.Sloane (1707 Jamaican voyage... )
| |	© H.Sloane (Sherardian lib. Oxford)

Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Fruit
• Vegetative
• Flower & fruit
• Leaf
• 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

Collector
Hawthorne, W.D.

Specimen Number
s.n.