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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Spondias dulcis''
| image = Spondias dulcis.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Spondia dulcis''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = [[Anacardiaceae]]
| genus = '''''Spondias'''''
| species='''''S. dulcis'''''
| binomial = ''Spondias dulcis''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|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' ([[Bahasa Malaysia|Malay]])
*'kedondong' ([[Indonesian language|Indonesian]])
*'vī' ([[Tongan language|Tongan]])
*'ambarella' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]])
*'évi' ([[Réunion]])
*'hevi' ([[Philippines]])
*'mokah' ([[Cambodian language|Cambodian]])
*'gway' ([[Burmese language|Burmese]])
*'marak farang' ([[Thai language|Thai]])
*'prune Cythère, pomme Cythère' ([[French language|French]])<ref>But ''pomme Tahitienne'' can be used for the French [[Malay apple]].</ref>
*'Goldpflaume' ([[German language|German]])
*'hog plum'
*'june plum' ([[Jamaica]])
==References==
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[[Category:Sapindales]]
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