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Spondias cytherea

Authority	Sonnerat
Family	Magnoliopsida:Rosidae:Sapindales:Anacardiaceae
Synonyms	Spondias dulcis Forst. (1786)
Common names	ambarella, cóc, golden apple, great hog plum, hevi, hogplum, kedondong, kedondong manis, kook hvaan, koris, makok-farang, mokak, otaheite apple
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Ecocrop code	2000

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A medium-sized to tall evergreen or deciduous tree usually reaching 15-25 m in height but sometimes up to 45 m, with a trunk diameter up to 45-90 cm. Leaves with 4-10 pairs of leaflets, and fruit an ellipsoid or globose drupe, 4-10 cm x 3-8 cm and bright-orange. USES Fruit of the best forms is eaten fresh, but most ripe fruit is stewed or used for jams, jellies or juice. The fruit can be preserved boiled or dried. The green fruit can be used in salads, curries and pickles. Young steamed leaves are used as vegetables. The fruit is fed to pigs and the leaves are eaten by cattle. The fruit, bark and leaves have medicinal properties. GROWING PERIOD Fast-growing perennial. Bears 4-5 years after planting and yields increase to 8 years. Economical life is 20-25 years. The fruit matures 6-8 months after flowering. COMMON NAMES Ambarella, Great hog plum, Otaheite apple, Pomme de cythere, Ciruela judia, Jobo de la India, Caja-manga, Tabiriba do Sertao Cajarana, Kedondong, Kedondong manis, Hevi, Gway, Mokak, Jew plum, Vi, Evi, Golden apple, English plum, Pomerac, Mombin jaune, Prune mombin, Mombin de Malabar, Kook hvaan, Makok-farang, Coc. FURTHER INF Scientific synonyms: S. dulcis, S. mangifera, Condonum malaccense, Poupartia dulcis, Evia dulcis, E. amara var. tuberculosa. Ambarella is native of Polynesia and South and South-East Asia. It is adapted to the hot tropics and frost-free subtropics, it can be grown at elevations between sea level and 700-1000 m. It is however best adapted to the hot, lowland tropics. It prefer over 100 mm rain per month for 6 months and under 60 mm rain per month for the last 6 months.
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SOURCES (S. cytherea Sonnerat) IBPGR 1986 pp 18 Campbell C 1980 Tindall H 1968 pp 163 Bonassieux M 1988 Roecklein J 1987 pp 195 [USE] Duke J 1975 pp 28 [PH, RAIN, TEMP] Rice R 1990 pp 110-111 [TEMP, KTMP, DRA, USE] Purseglove J 1974 pp 18 [USE] Verheij E 1991 pp 287-288 [USE, LIG, DRA, PH, TEXT]