From Plant
Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) No 2: Edible fruits and nuts
By Jansen,
P. C. M., et al
Taxon
Spondias mombin L.
Record Number
1792
Family
ANACARDIACEAE
Synonym
Spondias
lutea L.
Vernacular
Names
Yellow mombin, hog plum, thorny hog plum (En). Prunier mombin (Fr).
Indonesia: kadongdong cina.
Distribution
Native of tropical America. Cultivated in the tropics, also in
Indonesia (Java, Sumatra) and Peninsular Malaysia.
Uses
Fruits
are eaten fresh or
stewed with sugar; they are also used to prepare jam or juice. Young
leaves are used as vegetable. In Indonesia the tree is occasionally
planted as a shade tree and the bark can be used to make stamps.
Observations
Tree, up to 25
m tall and 80 cm in diameter. Fruit an ellipsoid drupe, 3—5 cm x 2.5
cm, yellow-orange. Propagation is easy with cuttings. Naturally growing
in lowland forests.
Selected
Sources
Morton, J.F., 1987. Fruits of warm climates. Creative Resource Systems
Inc., Winterville, N.C., USA. 503 pp.
van
Steenis, C.G.G.J. et al. (Editors), 1950–. Flora Malesiana. Series 1.
Vol. 1, 4–10. Centre for Research and Development in Biology, Bogor,
Indonesia, and Rijksherbarium, Leiden, the Netherlands. Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London.
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Bibliography
Jansen, P. C. M., et al. "Spondias
mombin L." Plant
Resources of South-East Asia, No 2: Edible fruits and
nuts, Edited by Verheij, E. W. M., and R. E. Coronel, PROSEA Foundation,
Bogor, Indonesia, record 1792, 1991, (CC BY-SA 3.0),
prosea.prota4u.org/view.aspx?id=1792. Accessed 5 Sept. 2026.
Published 5 Sept. 2026 LR
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