Fruit · Medicinal

Yuplón

Spondias dulcis Parkinson

Maluku to the Solomon Islands

Fun factThe ambarella reached Jamaica in 1782 and was brought again about ten years later by Captain William Bligh, probably from Hawaii.

The ambarella is a fast-growing tree from the islands of the western Pacific. Over centuries people carried it across the tropics for its golden, plum-like fruit. While still firm, the flesh is crisp, juicy and slightly tart, with a scent rather like pineapple. On a seasonally dry coast like Nosara the tree drops its leaves early in the dry season; they turn bright yellow first. In Costa Rica, where it is called yuplón, it is grown for its fruit and sometimes simply as an ornamental.

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Fruit Medicinal Native from eastern Malesia to the Santa Cruz Islands

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FamilyAnacardiaceae

Spanish nameYuplón

Also known asAmbarella, Otaheite apple, Tahitian quince, Polynesian plum, Jew plum

Native toNative from eastern Malesia to the Santa Cruz Islands (Maluku, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands), and long cultivated through Polynesia; introduced to Costa Rica and much of the tropics.

Tag	Garden area	Zone	Planted	Status	Sponsored	Note
35	Main Orchard	B	1 June 2015	Healthy	—
—	—	—	24 May 2018	Planted	—

1 of these has no tag yet; it will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.