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Ximenia americana L.

Spanish plum; Tallow plum; Tallow wood; Iguana berry; hog plum, yellow plum, sea lemon, pi'ut

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Spanish plum; Tallow plum; Tallow wood; Iguana berry; hog plum, yellow plum, sea lemon, pi'ut
Français Bois puant; Orange falaise; Pomme-nette; Prune bord-de-mer; Prune epice (Lesser Antilles)
Español Zarza ciruela; Zarza limon [Tsucuba]; Limoncillo (Dominican Republic)
Other names Ciruelillo; Ciruelo cimarron; Croc; Hicaco; Jia manzanilla; Macaby; Yana;

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories Somalia; Kenya; Singapore; Sierra Leone; Zambia; Andaman Isl. (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.); Jamaica; S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina); Australia (N Queensland: Torres Strait islands to Rockhampton, extending inland to vicinity of Blackall); Borneo; Nicaragua; Bonaire; Gambia; Cayman Isl.; Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Lara, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Sucre); Philippines; Christmas Isl. [Austr.]; Benin; Honduras; Sulawesi; China (S-Hainan); Ghana; Guam; Tanzania; Sri Lanka; Palau; Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); peninsular Malaysia (coastal widespread); Java; Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap, Piis, Satawan, Pohnpei, Nukuoro, Kosrae); India (Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu); Argentina (Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman); Angola; Anguilla; Hispaniola; St. Vincent; New Caledonia (widespread, incl. Loyalty Isl.); Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John); Rotuma Isl.; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Liberia; Cape Verde Isl. (Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl.); [Western] Samoa (Savaii); Ethiopia; Botswana; Burkina Faso; S-Line Isl. (Caroline Atoll); Moluccas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Ecuador; Costa Rica; Tuvalu (Nui Atoll); Palau (Sonsorol, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); Thailand; Seychelles; Solomon Isl.; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Namibia; Viet Nam; Marshall Isl. (Enewetok, Bikini, Ujae, Lae, Arno); French Guiana; Northern Marianas (Agrihan, Saipan, Tinian, Rota); Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Mozambique; Cocos [Keeling] Isl.; Colombia (Antioquia, Bolívar, Chocó, Magdalena, Sucre); ?D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Togo; Martinique; Cameroon; Guinea-Bissau; Society Isl. (Mopelia Atoll, Tahiti, Moorea, Raiatea, Bora Bora); Burundi; Guinea; Senegal; El Salvador; Rwanda; WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); Panama; S-Chad; Bahamas; South Sudan; Belize; Mali; Tuamotu Arch. (Takapoto Atoll); Tonga (Late Isl., Tongatapu, Nomuka, Lifuka, Vava'u); Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Veracruz); Malawi; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Flores, Timor); Bismarck Arch. (New Britain); Niger; Congo [Brazzaville]; Zimbabwe; Trinidad; Annobon Isl.; Surinam; Gabon; USA (Florida); Nigeria; Guatemala; Sudan; Puerto Rico; Isla Margarita; Uganda; N-Brazil (Pará, Acre, Rondônia); Guyana; Equatorial Guinea; SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); Dominica; Central African Republic; São Tomé; Myanmar (Rakhine, Taninthayi); Guadeloupe; Eritrea; Saint Lucia; Ivory Coast; Fiji

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Santalales
Family Ximeniaceae
Genus Ximenia
Species americana
Author citation L.
Scientific name Ximenia americana L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Wood

Spanish plum;  Tallow plum;  Tallow wood;  Iguana berry;  hog plum, yellow plum, sea lemon,  pi'ut

Ximenia americana , ©Dennis Wilson