Jobo growing on tree

Jobo

Latin Name: Spondias mombin

Family: Anacardiaceae

Other names: Yellow mombin, hog plum

Culinary use

You can eat these fresh. It is used especially for the preparation of drinks, juices, soft drinks, jellies, ice cream, jams, and sweets.

Medicinal use

The leaves can be used to stop bleeding. Infusions made with leaves or flowers are also used to treat problems of the digestive tract, sore throat, and malaria fever. The leaf decoction is used to cure colds, fever, and gonorrhea.

Sources

Plants of the World Online

Useful Tropical Plants

Agroforestree Database