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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

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Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

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

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