Spondias mombin

Spondias mombin

taxobox
name = "Spondias mombin"


image_caption = "S. mombin", fruiting.
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Sapindales
familia = Anacardiaceae
genus = "Spondias"
species = "S. mombin"
binomial = "Spondias mombin"
binomial_authority = L.
synonyms = "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%. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0960-8524(02)00147-5 ]

It has several common names. Throughout the Spanish-speaking Caribbean and Mexico it is called "jobo" (derived from the Carib language [ [http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltGUIBusUsual?LEMA=hobo Spanish Royal Academy Dictionary] ] ). 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". In Nigeria, the fruit is called "iyeye" in the Yoruba language, [See Ayoka "et al." (2008, p.130), Oladele (2008, p.5). Note that Aiyeloja & Ajewole (2006, p.57) give "agbalumo" as the local name in Osun State, however other sources identify agbalumo elsewhere in Nigeria with the African star apple, "Chrysophyllum alibidum" and related species; see for example Aiyeloja & Bello (2006, p.18) and Oyelade "et al." (2005).] , "ngulungwu" in Igbo and "isada" in Hausa. [Aiyeloja & Bello (2006, p.19)] Other common names include "true yellow mombin", "golden apple" or "Java plum", "cajá" in Brazil.

The name of the city of Bangkok, Thailand is believed to derive from "makok" (มะกอก), the Thai name for the fruit of "S. mombin".

ee also

* List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil
*"Spondias purpurea" (Purple mombin)
*"Spondias tuberosa" (Umbú)

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