Tahitian apple

? Spondias 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:

• 'buah kedongdong' (Malay)
• 'kedondong' (Indonesian)
• 'vī' (Tongan)
• 'ambarella' (Dutch)
• 'évi' (Réunion)
• 'hevi' (Philippines)
• 'mokah' (Cambodian)
• 'gway' (Burmese)
• 'marak farang' (Thai)
• 'prune Cythère, pomme Cythère' (French)
• 'Goldpflaume' (German)
• 'hog plum'
• 'june plum' (Jamaica)