Tahitian apple

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Spondias dulcis
Spondia dulcis
Spondia dulcis
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Spondias
Species: S. dulcis

Binomial name
Spondias dulcis
L.

The Tahitian apple is also known as the Otaheite apple (hence its alternative binomial, Spondias cytherea) or just Golden apple is an equatorial or tropical tree, with edible fruit containing a fibrous pit.

The fruit may be eaten raw; the flesh is crunchy and a little sour. In Indonesia and Malaysia, it is eaten with a thick black salty-sweet sauce called hayko. It occurs as an ingredient in rojak. It may also be juiced.

Vernacular names:

References

  1. But pomme Tahitienne can be used for the French Malay apple.

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