Latin Name: Spondias mombin
Family: Anacardiaceae
Other names: Yellow mombin, hog plum
Culinary use
You can eat these fresh. It is used especially for the preparation of drinks, juices, soft drinks, jellies, ice cream, jams, and sweets.
Medicinal use
The leaves can be used to stop bleeding. Infusions made with leaves or flowers are also used to treat problems of the digestive tract, sore throat, and malaria fever. The leaf decoction is used to cure colds, fever, and gonorrhea.