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Spondias mombin

Authority	L.
Family	Magnoliopsida:Rosidae:Sapindales:Anacardiaceae
Synonyms	Spondias lutea
Common names	acaiba, acaimiri, acaja, acajaiba, and caja miudo, Ashanti plum, caimito, caja, caja mirim, caja pequeno, cajazeiro, chupandilla, ciruela agria, ciruela amarilla, ciruela de jobo, ciruela de monte, ciruela del pais, ciruela loca, ciruela obo, cirueld mango, cuajo, guama zapotero, gully plum, hobo de monte, hoeboe, hog plum, hubu, jobillo, jobito, jobo, jobo arisco, jobo blanco, jobo de Castilla, jobo de perro, jobo de puerco, jobo espino, jobo espinoso, jobo gusanero, jobo hembra, jobo jocote, jobo negro, jobo roñoso, jobo vano, joboban, jocote, jocote amarillo, jocote de chanche, jocote dejobo, jocote jobo, jocote montanero, jocote montero, jovo, marapa, mombin franc, mombin fruits jaunes, mombinier, mompe, monbe, mopé, moppé, myrobalane, noma, obo, obo de zopilote, palo de mulato, prune mombin, prune myrobalan, prunier mombin, Spanish plum, taperiba, tapiriba, tobo de montana, uvo, yellow mombin
Editor
Ecocrop code	2002

Notes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION A medium-sized tree reach a height of 12-25 m and a trunk diameter up to 80 cm. The fruit is an ellipsoid drupe, 3-5 cm x 2.5 cm and yellow-orange. USES The fruits have a flavor similar to plums and are eaten fresh or stewed with sugar and they are also used to prepare jam, jelly and juice or wine. Young leaves are used as vegetable. It is also used as pig feed. The tree is planted for shade. GROWING PERIOD Perennial. COMMON NAMES Hog plum, Yellow mombin, Jobo, Thorny hog plum, Prunier mombin, Kadongdong cina. FURTHER INF Scientific synonym: S. lutea. Hog plum is native of Mexico, Central America, northern South America and the Caribbean. It is naturally growing in lowland forests.
Sources
SOURCES (S. mombin L.) Roecklein J 1987 pp 217 [USE, FER, DRA, TEXT] Duke J 1975 pp 28 [PH, RAIN, TEMP] Verheij E 1991 pp 360 [USE]