How to Grow and Care for Hog Plums

Jocote is a tree in the cashew family that grows very small red flowers followed by edible fruit that is sour until fully ripe. Some people can be allergic to the sap of the jocote tree.

Yellow mombin is a tree native to tropical areas of South America and the West Indies that Portuguese travelers introduced to South Asia in the 17th century. It produces large bunches of edible fruit that turn yellow when ripe.

June plum is a tropical tree that produces an edible fruit popular in the cuisines of Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the Caribbean. Its leaves are eaten in countries including Thailand and Costa Rica. It is grown both commercially and as a domestic fruit tree. In smaller gardens, its size can be controlled by growing it in a container.

Spondias pinnata is a deciduous tree, 10 to 15 m tall (sometimes up to 25 m in height); branchlets yellowish brown and glabrous. The leaves are large, with pairs of leaflets (see illustration) on petioles that are 10 to 15 cm and glabrous; leaf blades 30 to 40 cm, imparipinnately compound with 5-11 opposite leaflets; leaflet petiolule 3 to 5 mm;