Jocote (red mombin)

Spondias purpurea

fruit

Small red or purple fruits with a large pit, sweet and tangy, raw with salt and chili, or green in brine.

Origin

Mexico and Central America

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

Ripe, they are eaten raw with their skin, sucking the pulp from around the large stone.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Anthocyanins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Its cut branches, stuck into the ground, make living hedges that bear fruit.