Ambarella Tree Essay

Ambarella (Spondias Dulcis) is a fast growing equatorial tree, bearing edible fruits containing fibrous pit known by the name of “hevi” in the Philippines. It is a member of the Anacardiaceae family, which also includes several important tropical fruit trees such as mango and cashew. As the ambarella tree flourishes across the world, its fruit are known by many names in various regions. In British colonies it is usually called otaheite apple, jew plum in Jamaica, kedondong in Indonesia and Malaysia. The Chinese population in Singapore call it buah long long. The fruit is much in evidence in Trinidad which is known as pomme cythere or as golden apple. Other names include june plum in Bermuda and Jamaica, mangotín in Panama, juplon in Costa Rica, golden plum in Belize, jobo indio in Venezuela,cajá-manga and cajarana in Brazil, quảcóc in Vietnam, manzana de oro in Dominican Republic , cas mango in Cameroon and anbulha in Maldives. The fruit is held on the

The large ambarella grows up to 15 meters or more in height. The leaves are upright, rigid and symmetrical; it is a stately ornamental with deciduous, pinnate leaves, 8 to 24 in (20-60 cm) in length. The flowers are small, white, numerous and in paniculate clusters. The miniature or dwarf type ambarella is about 1.5- 3m in height. It tends to overproduce which results in stunted growth or sometimes even death. The fruit from trees of both types are normally oval, round or pear shaped. Ambarella fruit, at maturity stage is characterized to have an orangery-yellow pulp when it ripens the fruit turns golden yellow. It has thin but tough skin, while the fruit is still firm the flesh is crisp, crunchy, juicy, and has somewhat mango- pineapple flavor. Most people eat this as a fresh fruit. However, the seed has spines that stick out into the flesh and complicates the use of the fruit (Fa,anunu,