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Ximenia americana

Authority	L.
Family	Magnoliopsida:Rosidae:Santalales:Olacaceae
Synonyms	Ximenia americana L. var. microphylla Welw. ex Oliver, Ximenia americana L. var. oxyprener Chiov., Ximenia americana L. var. sphaerica Chiov., Ximenia laurina Del., Ximenia rogersii Burtt-Davy
Common names	Alabaricoque, Albaria, Albarillo, Ameixa, Ameixeria do campo, amirgudud, aure-mudube, bolahanica (Gamo), Buol, Cagalero, Caimito de monte, Chocomico, Citron de la mer, citronnier de la mer, enkoy, Espinha de maicha, Espino de brujo, False santalwood, Guayabo del diablo, hastee (Gamo), Heymassoliépineux, Hog plum, huda (Galinya), inkoy, Jocomico, kus (Hamer-Bena), kutata (Konsogna), Limoncillo, Macaby, maleta, mandraut, Manzana guayaba, Manzanillo, mellau, Membrillo de monte, mondruk, Monkey plum, morod, Mountain plum, mpingi, mtundakula, mulahua (Wolayetgna), oda (Galinya, Kaffa), Pata, Pepenance, Prune-épine, Prunier canaque, Prunier de mer, Seaside plum, sour plum, Spanish plum, Tallow nut, tallow wood, Tallowwood plum, Tigrito, Tocote de monte, wild lime, wild olive, wild plum, Yana, yellow plum, Yellow sanders
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Ecocrop code	2452

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DESCRIPTION: It is a semi-scandent bush-forming shrub or small tree 2-7 m high. Trunk diameter seldom greater than 10 cm; bark dark brown to pale grey, smooth to scaly. The lax, usually divergent branching forms a rounded or conical crown. Leaves alternate, lanceolate to elliptic, 3-8 to 1.5-4 cm. Fruits globose to ellipsoidal drupes about 3 cm long, 2.5 cm thick, glabrous, greenish when young, becoming yellowish (or, rarely, orange-red) when ripe, containing a juicy pulp and 1 seed. USE: The fruits are eaten raw or used to make juice, jams and jellies, or an intoxicating drink. Kernel oil is used as a vegetable butter and young leaves are edible after thorough cooking. The wood is used as firewood and charcoal. Bark and roots are used as tannin. Leaves and twigs are used for fevers, colds, as a mouthwash for toothache, as a laxative and an eye lotion. Leaves are used for headaches, angina, and as a poison antidote. Roots treat skin problems, headaches, leprosy, haemorrhoids, sexually transmitted diseases, guinea worm, sleeping sickness, oedema, and act as an antidote to poison. The fruit is useful in treating habitual constipation. It is planted as an ornamental and used as hedge plant. GROWING PERIOD: Perennial. COMMON NAMES: Sour plum. FURTHER INF: A mostly solitary tree dispersed in open country, savannah, gallery forest, along coastal areas, in the understorey of dry forests, in dry woodlands, or on riverbanks. It is drought resistant and is often found on poor and dry soils, including clays, clay loam, loamy sands, sandy clay loam and sands.
Sources
SOURCE: ICRAF Agroforestree Database (22.07.02) E2452