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Spondias purpurea
The plum tree of Spain, red mombin or cirouelle (Spondias purpurea) is an American tropical tree of the family Anacardiaceae that one meets from Mexico to Brazil (where it is called ciriguela) and in Peru, passing by Panama. It is sometimes grown (especially in Northeast Brazil), for its edible fruits called mombins, which can be used in the making of punch. This tree has been naturalized in parts of Africa, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, the Bahamas, and other Caribbean islands. The fruit is an ovoid yellow drupe, of a size between a plum and a lemon, covered with a leathery skin containing a thin layer of pulp around a large nucleus. This flesh has a pleasant flavor, slightly tart and astringent, and with a sweet scent very strong.
Description
Spondias mombin is a deciduous tree up to 20 meters high and 1.5 meters in diameter. Its bark is thick, corky, and deeply fissured. When cut, it is pale pink, turning quickly. The branches are low and the branches glabrous. The leaves are imparipinnate, with 5 to 8 pairs of opposite leaflets with a terminal leaflet, 10 × 5 centimeters, oblong or oblong lanceolate, broadly acuminate, glabrous. The massive and fragrant flowering takes place from January to May. It consists of large loose terminal panicles composed of small white flowers. The yellow fruits, ovoid, appear from July to September and measure nearly 4 centimeters, becoming wrinkled while drying. Edible their taste is a little acidic with a powerful aroma. The flesh surrounds a single fibrous nucleus.
Food use
Bai makok is the name of the leaves of Spondias mombin in Thai language The fruit can also be used to make green papaya salad in Thailand and Laos The fruit pulp can be eaten fresh, in juice, in concentrate, in jellies, or in sorbets. In Thailand, this fruit is used in som tam as a secondary ingredient. The young leaves, whose taste is slightly bitter and tart, sometimes served raw with certain types of nam phrik (Thai spicy sauces). It is also served with chilli powder in Bangladesh. As a member of the Sumac family (Anacardiaceae), sap exposure of this species may cause an allergic reaction identical to that of flea. People with known urushiol sensitivity should exercise caution when consuming or handling this species.
Traditional medicine
In traditional medicine, Spondias mombin presents a variety of uses. The fruit has been used as a diuretic and febrifuge. The astringent bark is used as emetic and against diarrhea, dysentery, hemorrhoids, gonorrhea, and leucorrhoea. Flowers and leaves are used to make tea for stomach upset, liver disease, urethritis, cystitis, and inflammation. In Guyana, the different populations lend it virtues as anti-diarrhea, against stomach ache, rashes of infants, or against mosquitoes.
Description
Spondias mombin is a deciduous tree up to 20 meters high and 1.5 meters in diameter. Its bark is thick, corky, and deeply fissured. When cut, it is pale pink, turning quickly. The branches are low and the branches glabrous. The leaves are imparipinnate, with 5 to 8 pairs of opposite leaflets with a terminal leaflet, 10 × 5 centimeters, oblong or oblong lanceolate, broadly acuminate, glabrous. The massive and fragrant flowering takes place from January to May. It consists of large loose terminal panicles composed of small white flowers. The yellow fruits, ovoid, appear from July to September and measure nearly 4 centimeters, becoming wrinkled while drying. Edible their taste is a little acidic with a powerful aroma. The flesh surrounds a single fibrous nucleus.
Food use
Bai makok is the name of the leaves of Spondias mombin in Thai language The fruit can also be used to make green papaya salad in Thailand and Laos The fruit pulp can be eaten fresh, in juice, in concentrate, in jellies, or in sorbets. In Thailand, this fruit is used in som tam as a secondary ingredient. The young leaves, whose taste is slightly bitter and tart, sometimes served raw with certain types of nam phrik (Thai spicy sauces). It is also served with chilli powder in Bangladesh. As a member of the Sumac family (Anacardiaceae), sap exposure of this species may cause an allergic reaction identical to that of flea. People with known urushiol sensitivity should exercise caution when consuming or handling this species.
Traditional medicine
In traditional medicine, Spondias mombin presents a variety of uses. The fruit has been used as a diuretic and febrifuge. The astringent bark is used as emetic and against diarrhea, dysentery, hemorrhoids, gonorrhea, and leucorrhoea. Flowers and leaves are used to make tea for stomach upset, liver disease, urethritis, cystitis, and inflammation. In Guyana, the different populations lend it virtues as anti-diarrhea, against stomach ache, rashes of infants, or against mosquitoes.