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Spondias tuberosa

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Semi-arid scrublands.

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Family: Anacardiaceae
Height: 6 m / 20 ft
Sun
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Dry to Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 4 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 0 of 5
Other Uses: 2 of 5

Native Habitat

Imbu, Umbú, Brazil Plum Spondias tuberosa native habitat is Semi-arid scrublands.

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw or cooked. The greenish-yellow, thick-skinned fruit has a soft, melting, almost liquid flesh with a pleasant subacid flavour suggestive of a sweet orange. It is also made into ice creams, jams, jellies and drinks. A custard-like dessert called imbuzada is made in northern Brazil by adding the fruit juice to boiled sweet milk. The yellow-green, globose fruit is about 4cm in diameter, containing a single, large seed.

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