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Spondias purpurea
Also called Ciruela, Jocote, Red mombin, Siniguela, Red Plum, Spanish Plum, Hog Plum
Spondias purpurea is a deciduous tropical tree grown for its sweet-tart plum-like fruit, which appears on bare branches before new leaves. It needs a warm, seasonally dry climate and is grown mainly as a fruit tree rather than a houseplant.
Spondias purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to tropical regions of the Americas, from Mexico to northern Colombia and the southwest Caribbean Islands. It has also been introduced to and naturalized to other parts of the American tropics, Southeast Asia, and West Africa. It is commonly known as jocote (), which derives from the Nahuatl word xocotl, meaning any kind of sour or acidic fruit. Other common names include red mombin, Spanish plum, purple mombin, Jamaica plum, and hog plum.
Jocotes are native to the central tropical regions of the Americas. The countries where wild populations are found include Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Jewish plum · Yellow mombin · Common Hog Plum · Imbu · Mombin
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spondias purpurea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
