Spondias purpureaL.

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WFO wfo-0000435489 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Spondias purpurea, photographed by Maria Janeiro
fig. a Maria Janeiro, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-02 / obs. 193974915
Spondias purpurea, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. b Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 139796163
Spondias purpurea, photographed by Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil
fig. c Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 138206757
Spondias purpurea, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. d Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136351138
Spondias purpurea, photographed by Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez
fig. e Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 132018983
Spondias purpurea, photographed by Anthony Batista
fig. f Anthony Batista, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 127687491
Spondias purpurea, photographed by Juan Rafael Rodríguez Razgado
fig. g Juan Rafael Rodríguez Razgado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135393970
Spondias purpurea, photographed by GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ
fig. h GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106403310

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Spondias purpurea is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panamá, Southwest Caribbean Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeColombiaCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáSouthwest Caribbean
Native distribution of Spondias purpurea, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Southwest Caribbean SWC
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Spondias crispula Beurl.
  • Spondias jocote-amarillo Kosterm.
  • Spondias mexicana S.Watson
  • Spondias myrobalanus L.
  • Spondias negrosensis Kosterm.
  • Spondias purpurea f. lutea Fawc. & Rendle
  • Spondias purpurea var. munita I.M.Johnst.
  • Warmingia pauciflora Engl.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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