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%.[1]
It has several common names. Throughout the Spanish-speaking Caribbean and Mexico it is called jobo (derived from the Carib language [1]). 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,[2], ngulungwu in Igbo and isada in Hausa.[3] 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.
See also
Notes
- ^ Spanish Royal Academy Dictionary
- ^ 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).
- ^ Aiyeloja & Bello (2006, p.19)
References
- Aiyeloja, Adedapo Ayo; and Opeyemi Isaac Ajewole (May 2006). "Non-timber forest products’ marketing in Nigeria. A case study of Osun state" (PDF online reproduction). Educational Research and Reviews 1 (2): pp.52–58. s.l.: Academic Journals. ISSN 1990-3839. OCLC 173185259.
- Aiyeloja, Adedapo Ayo; and O.A. Bello (April 2006). "Ethnobotanical potentials of common herbs in Nigeria: A case study of Enugu state" (PDF online reproduction). Educational Research and Reviews 1 (1): pp.16–22. s.l.: Academic Journals. ISSN 1990-3839. OCLC 173185259.
- Ayoka, A.O.; R.O. Akomolafe, O.S. Akinsomisoye, and O.E.Ukponmwan (2008). "Medicinal and Economic Value of Spondias mombin" (PDF online reproduction). African Journal of Biomedical Research 11: pp.129–136. Ibadan, Nigeria: Ibadan Biomedical Communications Group. ISSN 1119–5096. OCLC 54453367.
- Oladele, O.I. (2008). "Contribution of Neglected and Underutilized Crops to Household food security and Health among Rural Dwellers in Oyo State, Nigeria" (PDF) in International Symposium "Underutilized plants for food, nutrition, income and sustainable development", Arusha, Tanzania 3-7 March 2008. Symposium Proceedings, online publication of presented papers, Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Centre for Underutilised Crops (ICUC).
- Oyelade, O.J.; P.O. Odugbenro, A.O. Abioye, and N.L. Raji (April 2005). "Some physical properties of African star apple (Chrysophyllum alibidum) seeds". Journal of Food Engineering 67 (4): pp.435–440. London: Elsevier Science. doi:10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2004.05.046. ISSN 0260-8774. OCLC 108380173.
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