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Mombin, Red (Ciruela, Hog Plum, Jocote)
Spondias purpurea
FCFS available. This heavy producing tree has become a favorite at ECHO. The pleasant smell of the fruit can be noted many feet away. The 1- to 2 inch long oval or oblong fruits have a fairly large seed. The skin is waxy and thin and the juicy flesh is aromatic with a plum-like flavor that is acid to subacid. The fruit can be eaten fresh or stewed with sugar as a dessert or can be used to make a very good jam. Mombin butter, using an apple butter recipe, is exceptionally tasty. The tree is deciduous, fast growing, and may produce fruit before leafing out in the spring. The young leaves can be eaten cooked but they have a sour flavor. The tree grows well in a wide variety of soils. They can be propagated easily by putting large cuttings in the ground and they make a good living fence. ECHO's tree produced several dozen fruits the second summer after it froze almost to the ground from the freeze of '89. It bears May through June.
Spondias purpurea
FCFS available. This heavy producing tree has become a favorite at ECHO. The pleasant smell of the fruit can be noted many feet away. The 1- to 2 inch long oval or oblong fruits have a fairly large seed. The skin is waxy and thin and the juicy flesh is aromatic with a plum-like flavor that is acid to subacid. The fruit can be eaten fresh or stewed with sugar as a dessert or can be used to make a very good jam. Mombin butter, using an apple butter recipe, is exceptionally tasty. The tree is deciduous, fast growing, and may produce fruit before leafing out in the spring. The young leaves can be eaten cooked but they have a sour flavor. The tree grows well in a wide variety of soils. They can be propagated easily by putting large cuttings in the ground and they make a good living fence. ECHO's tree produced several dozen fruits the second summer after it froze almost to the ground from the freeze of '89. It bears May through June.
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