Red
Mombin fruit tree (English), Jocote che
(Maya), Ciruela (Spanish), Spondias purpurea,
Anacardiaceae Family. This is a lovely tree to
watch as fruits ripe,
Maya people use
the bark for medicinal remedies. Trees go dormant in
winter and drop all of their leaves before flowering; fruits follow in 45-60 days. The fruits and
flower grow right on the Ciruelo branches. These hog plum
trees' bear fruit from
May to September. Ciruelas are
eaten green, ripe, or cook in a Mayan Pipian.
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Monday, May 25, 2015
Mexican Fruit Trees Sugar Apple
Saramuyo (Spanish),
Sugar Apple (English), Annona
squamosa, Annonaceae Family, native to Mexico.
Tropical fruit tree blooms from
February to April, by June fruits are ripe and ready
to eat; aromatic white pulp with a shite transparent
meat texture that covers many hard black seeds, each
pocket of the fruit's pulp has rich aromatic sweet
taste,
healthy snack!
Mexican Fruit Trees - Cherimoya
Annona
(Spanish),
Cherimoya (English),
Op (Maya)
Annona reticulata,
Annonaceae Family, native to Mexico. Tropical
fruit tree blooms in the summer, fruits are ripe by
October and November highly aromatic white pulp with
a wet transparent meat that covers many almond size
seeds; texture is velvety with a rich sweet taste.
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