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Spondias mombin, also known as yellow mombin, hog plum, amra or cajazeira, is a species of tree and flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to the tropical Americas, including the West Indies. The tree was introduced by the Portuguese in South Asia in the beginning of the 17th century.
The thin skin has a waxy appearance and is edible. The pulp is yellow when ripe and sweet. In the center of the fruit is a large pit, or stone, which is inedible. The flavor of a S. purpurea fruit is said to be similar to a plum, sweet with a bit of an acidic aftertaste. S. purpurea fruit is available in the fall and winter months.
They are commonly named hog plums, Spanish plums, Ciruelas in Cuba, libas in Bikol and in some cases golden apples for their brightly colored fruit which resemble an apple or small plum at a casual glance. They are only distantly related to apple and plum trees, however. A more unequivocal common name is mombins. Spondias dulcis, fruit, section ...
Hog plum is a common name for several plants that produce edible fruit, and may refer to: Species of the genus Spondias. Spondias dulcis (June plum, golden apple, pommecythere, cythere) Spondias mombin (yellow mombin, amra, cajazeira) Spondias pinnata; Species of the genus Colubrina; Prunus rivularis (creek plum, wild-goose plum)
Spondias pinnata is a deciduous tree, 10–15 metres (33–49 ft) tall (sometimes up to 25 metres (82 ft) in height); branchlets yellowish brown and glabrous. [2] The leaves are large, with pairs of leaflets (see illustration) on petioles that are 100–150 millimetres (3.9–5.9 in) and glabrous; leaf blades 300–400 millimetres (12–16 in), imparipinnately compound with 5-11 opposite ...
Prunus umbellata, called flatwoods plum, hog plum and sloe plum, is a plum species native to the United States from Virginia, south to Florida, and west to Texas. [3] [4] Prunus umbellata can reach 6.1 meters (20 feet) in height with a 4.6 m (15 ft) spread. It has alternate serrate green leaves that turn yellow in autumn. Flowers are white ...
Ximenia americana, commonly known as tallow wood, [3] hog plum, yellow plum, sea lemon, or pi'ut , [4] is bush-forming shrub/small tree; a species from the Ximenia genus in the Olacaceae family. [2] It is mainly found in the tropics , ranging from Africa , India and southeast Asia , to Australia , New Zealand , Pacific Islands, West Indies ...
Prunus rivularis, known variously by the common names creek plum, [1] hog plum, [1] or wild-goose plum [1] is a thicket-forming shrub. It prefers calcareous clay soil or limestone-based woodland soils. This deciduous plant belongs to the rose family, Rosaceae, and is found mainly in the central United States.