Spondias pinnata (L.f.) Kurz

 
  • Family : ANACARDIACEAE
    (Cashew Or Mango Or Sumac Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAM FAMILY (आम फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Anacardiaceae
  • Basionym : Mangifera pinnata L.f.
  • Synonym(s) : Evia amara Comm. ex Blume; Poupartia acuminata (Roxb.) Wall.; Spondias acuminata Roxb.; Spondias amara Lam.; Spondias bivenomarginalis K.M.Feng & P.I Mao; Spondias macrophylla Wall.; Spondias mangifera Willd.; Spondias paniculata Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.; Spondias sinensis Lour. ex Steud.; Wirtgenia decandra Jungh.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Spondias pinnata (L. f.) Kurz
  • Common name : Indian Hog-Plum, Wild Mango, Hog plum
  • Vernacular name :
    • Amra, Jangli Aam (Hindi)
    • Ambate, Amte kai mara (Kannada)
    • Mampulichai, Kattumaavu, Kattuma, Mambulichi (Tamil)
    • Adavimaamidi, Touramaamidi, Konda mamidi (Telugu)
    • Ambada, Ambota, Amta (Oria)
    • Aamrataka (Sanskrit)
    • Ambazham, Kattambazham, Mampuli, Pithanam (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, also in plains, Tropical moist deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Rare in northern Easten Ghats (West Godavari); Fruit pickled
  • Key identification features : Large tree; bark smooth, grey; fruits fleshy, yellow when ripe
  • Flower, Fruit : January-June
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, Navendu Page, K. Sankara Rao
  • Collection Date : 25/03/2016
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0651
  • Collection Locality : Kolli Hills Ghat road, Namkkal district (TN)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Tumakuru district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Thane district
    • Odisha : Odisha
    • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
    • Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Assam : Assam
    • Delhi : Delhi
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman,Ritchie\'s Archipelago taluk (Havelock Island),Rutland Island
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Caroline Islands
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Naidu, M.T. & O.A. Kumar 2015. Tree species diversity in the Eastern Ghats of Northern Andhra Pradesh, India. JoTT 7 (8): 7443-7459
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 141
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Spondias pinnata. Downloaded on 1 June 2025.

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