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Spondias mombin L.

ANACARDIACEAE

Spondias lutea L.

Yellow mombin, hog plum, thorny hog plum (En). Prunier mombin (Fr). Indonesia: kadongdong cina.

Native of tropical America. Cultivated in the tropics, also in Indonesia (Java, Sumatra) and Peninsular Malaysia.

Fruits are eaten fresh or stewed with sugar; they are also used to prepare jam or juice. Young leaves are used as vegetable. In Indonesia the tree is occasionally planted as a shade tree and the bark can be used to make stamps.

Tree, up to 25 m tall and 80 cm in diameter. Fruit an ellipsoid drupe, 3—5 cm x 2.5 cm, yellow-orange. Propagation is easy with cuttings. Naturally growing in lowland forests.

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P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen

Jansen, P.C.M., Jukema, J., Oyen, L.P.A. & van Lingen, T.G., 1991. Spondias mombin L.. In: Verheij, E.W.M. and Coronel, R.E. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 2: Edible fruits and nuts. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea