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{{otheruses4|the fruit sometimes referred to as the Golden Apple||Golden apple (disambiguation)}}
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Spondias mombin''
| image = Spondias_mombin_MS4005.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''S. mombin'', fruiting.
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = [[Anacardiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Spondias]]''
| species = '''''S. mombin'''''
| binomial = ''Spondias mombin''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| synonyms =
''Spondias lutea'' <small>[[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]</small>
}}
'''''Spondias mombin''''' is a [[species]] of [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Anacardiaceae]]. It originates from and is distributed throughout the [[Neotropics]] from southern [[Mexico]] to [[Peru]] and [[Brazil]], including the [[West Indies]]. The tree is also [[naturalisation (biology)|naturalized]] in parts of [[Africa]], [[India]] and [[Indonesia]]. It is rarely cultivated.
The fruit has a leathery skin and a thin layer of pulp. The pulp is either eaten fresh, or made into juice, concentrate, [[jelly|jellies]] , and [[sherbet (drink)|sherbet]]s. In [[Suriname]]'s [[traditional medicine]], the infusion of the leaves is used as a treatment of eye [[inflammation]], [[diarrhea]] and [[venereal diseases]]. The seed has an oil content of 31.5%.[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0960-8524(02)00147-5 ]
It has several common names; in the Caribbean islands it is known as '''yellow mombin''' or '''hog plum''', while in [[Jamaica]] it is called '''Spanish plum''' or '''gully plum'''. In [[Ghana]], it is hog plum or '''Ashanti plum'''. Other common names include '''true yellow mombin''', '''golden apple''' or '''Java plum'''.
The name of the city of [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] is believed to derive from ''makok'' (มะกอก), the [[Thai language|Thai]] name for the fruit of ''S. mombin''.
==See also==
* '''[[List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil]]'''
*''[[Spondias purpurea]]'' (Purple mombin)
*''[[Spondias tuberosa]]'' (Umbú)
[[Category:Sapindales]]
[[Category:Fruit]]
[[Category:Trees]]
[[Category:Trees of Brazil]]
[[Category:Trees of Mexico]]
[[Category:Trees of Peru]]
[[Category:Trees of Trinidad and Tobago]]
[[Category:Trees of the Caribbean]]
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Spondias mombin''
| image = Spondias_mombin_MS4005.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''S. mombin'', fruiting.
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = [[Anacardiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Spondias]]''
| species = '''''S. mombin'''''
| binomial = ''Spondias mombin''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| synonyms =
''Spondias lutea'' <small>[[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]</small>
}}
'''''Spondias mombin''''' is a [[species]] of [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Anacardiaceae]]. It originates from and is distributed throughout the [[Neotropics]] from southern [[Mexico]] to [[Peru]] and [[Brazil]], including the [[West Indies]]. The tree is also [[naturalisation (biology)|naturalized]] in parts of [[Africa]], [[India]] and [[Indonesia]]. It is rarely cultivated.
The fruit has a leathery skin and a thin layer of pulp. The pulp is either eaten fresh, or made into juice, concentrate, [[jelly|jellies]] , and [[sherbet (drink)|sherbet]]s. In [[Suriname]]'s [[traditional medicine]], the infusion of the leaves is used as a treatment of eye [[inflammation]], [[diarrhea]] and [[venereal diseases]]. The seed has an oil content of 31.5%.[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0960-8524(02)00147-5 ]
It has several common names; in the Caribbean islands it is known as '''yellow mombin''' or '''hog plum''', while in [[Jamaica]] it is called '''Spanish plum''' or '''gully plum'''. In [[Ghana]], it is hog plum or '''Ashanti plum'''. Other common names include '''true yellow mombin''', '''golden apple''' or '''Java plum'''.
The name of the city of [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] is believed to derive from ''makok'' (มะกอก), the [[Thai language|Thai]] name for the fruit of ''S. mombin''.
==See also==
* '''[[List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil]]'''
*''[[Spondias purpurea]]'' (Purple mombin)
*''[[Spondias tuberosa]]'' (Umbú)
[[Category:Sapindales]]
[[Category:Fruit]]
[[Category:Trees]]
[[Category:Trees of Brazil]]
[[Category:Trees of Mexico]]
[[Category:Trees of Peru]]
[[Category:Trees of Trinidad and Tobago]]
[[Category:Trees of the Caribbean]]
