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Anacardiaceae
Yellow mombin
Spondias mombin
Also known as Spondias cytherea, Spondias lutea var. dubia, Spondias aurantiaca, Hog plum
Tropical Plants · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Tropical · Fruit Tree · Edible · Mombin · Anacardiaceae · Warm Climate · Shade Tree · Ornamental · Medicinal
Yellow mombin is a fast-growing tropical fruit tree that requires warm, frost-free conditions and plenty of direct sunlight to thrive. Water regularly during the growing season but reduce irrigation during cooler months to mimic its natural dry-season dormancy. It is best grown outdoors in USDA zones 10-12 or in large containers that can be moved indoors during cold weather.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 7 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply until soil is thoroughly moist, then allow the top 2 inches to dry before re-watering · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.8–7.9
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 240 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Angola, Aruba, Assam, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle
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