Spondias mombin
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 S. mombin, fruiting.
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Spondias lutea L. |
Spondias mombin is a tree, a species of flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to the tropical Americas, including the West Indies. The tree has been naturalized in parts of Africa, India and Indonesia. It is rarely cultivated.
The great fruit has a leathery skin and a thin layer of pulp. The pulp is either eaten fresh, or made into juice, concentrate, jellies , and sherbets. In Suriname's traditional medicine, the infusion of the leaves is used as a treatment of eye inflammation, diarrhea and venereal diseases. The seed has an oil content of 31.5%.[1]
It has several common names. Throughout the Spanish-speaking Caribbean and Mexico it is called jobo (derived from the Carib language [1]). Among the English-speaking Caribbean islands it is known as yellow mombin or hog plum, while in Jamaica it is called Spanish plum or gully plum. In Ghana, it is hog plum or Ashanti plum. Other common names include true yellow mombin, golden apple or Java plum, cajá in Brazil, agbalumo[citation needed] or udara[citation needed] in western and eastern Nigeria respectively.
The name of the city of Bangkok, Thailand is believed to derive from makok (มะกอก), the Thai name for the fruit of S. mombin.
[edit] See also
- List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil
- Spondias purpurea (Purple mombin)
- Spondias tuberosa (Umbú)
