The yellow hog plum or yellow mombin originates from the tropical Americas and the West Indies.
Pulp of the yellow mombin fruit can be eaten fresh, or is used to make juice or jellies. In Thailand the fruit is sometimes used as an ingredient in ‘Som tam’ recipes. Som tam is a spicy salad.
Yellow mombin can be propagated by seeds and cuttings.
Names
Scientific
Spondias mombin
English
Golden apple
Spanish plum
True yellow mombin
Yellow hog plum
Yellow mombin
Dutch
Gele mombinpruim
Spanish
Jobo
French
Prunier mombin
German
Gelbe Mombinpflaume
Italian
Cagià
Giobo
Taxonomy
Order
Sapindales
Family
Anacardiaceae
Genus
Spondias
Species
Spondias mombin (Yellow mombin)