Ripe fruits of the Jocote can be eaten with or without the skin.
Names
Scientific
Spondias purpurea
English
Jocote
Purple mombin
Red hog plum
Red mombin
Sineguela
Siriguela
Dutch
Rode mombinpruim
Spanish
Ciruela de huesito
Jocote
French
Cirouelle
Mombin rouge
Prunier d'Espagne
German
Rote Mombinpflaume
Italian
Giocote
Mombin rojo
Taxonomy
Order
Sapindales
Family
Anacardiaceae
Genus
Spondias
Species
Spondias purpurea (Jocote)