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|accepted_name=Ximenia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1193. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Hog plum
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ximeniaceae;Ximenia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ximeniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ximenia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Francisco Ximenes de Luna, 17th century Franciscan monk and botanist
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 404
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or small trees, long shoots vegetative, short shoots fertile, arising from leaf axils of long shoots, each paired with a thorn. <b>Stems</b> glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> densely fascicled on short shoots, subcoriaceous, surfaces glabrous or puberulent. <b>Inflorescences</b>: bracts 0 or 2–4 at pedicel bases. <b>Pedicels</b> present. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals minute, not accrescent in fruit; petals glabrous or puberulent abaxially, densely hairy adaxially; ovary elongate-conic or lanceoloid. <b>Drupes</b> yellow, orange, pink, or red, ellipsoid, oblong-ovoid, or globose. <b>x</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia;subtropical and tropical regions.
|discussion=<p>Species 10 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Fruits of <i>Ximenia americana</i> and X. caffra Sonder are eaten either raw or cooked. In India, oil from the seeds of <i>X. americana</i> is used as a ghee substitute and the wood is used in place of sandalwood (see R. A. DeFilipps 1968 for other economic applications). Anticancer compounds known as ribosome-inactivating proteins have been found in <i>X. americana</i> (C. Voss et al. 2006). Long chain acetylenic acids in that species showed potential pesticidal activity (M. O. Fatope et al. 2000).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=defilipps1968a
|text=DeFilipps, R. A. 1968. A Revision of Ximenia [Plum.] L. (Olacaceae). Ph.D. dissertation. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
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name=Ximenia
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ximeniaceae
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia;subtropical and tropical regions.
|reference=defilipps1968a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|genus=Ximenia
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