Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Spondias mombin
jobo, mombin, pepa de morrocoy, hogplum, yellow mombin
It is used as animal food, a poison, a medicine and invertebrate food, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food (POWO, 2022)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Sapindales
Family
Anacardiaceae
Genus
Spondias
Species
mombin
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Spondias venulosa (Engl.) Engl.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1985
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Its native range is Mexico to Tropical America (POWO, 2022)
- Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Spondias mombin", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=180. Accessed 20 May 2025.