The Hog-plum are plants of the genusSpondias, family Anacardiaceae. Some of them yield pleasant fruit. The name Hog-plum comes from the West Indies where the fruit was once fed to pigs (hogs). Research Hog-plum
Spondias are a genus of tropical trees belonging to the family Anacardiaceae. They bear small flowers, followed by fleshy drupes. The principal species are Spondias lutea, the so called golden apple or Jamaican plum and Spondias dulcis, the sweet Tahiti Apple or Otaheite apple. Research Spondias
The Tahiti apple or Otaheite apple (Spondias dulcis) is a tree of the family Anacardiaceae native to the Society Islands, Friendly Islands and Fiji. The leaves are divided into elliptic leaflets arranged featherwise with rounded teeth. The flowers are small, yellow-green coloured clustered flowers followed by an edible fruit which tastes like pineapple, and looks like a large, golden-yellow coloured plum containing a stone covered with hooked bristles. Research Tahiti Apple
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