Fruit
Ciruela
Spondias purpurea L.
Mexico to northern Colombia
Fun factCultivated jocote trees rarely set viable seed, so they are propagated almost entirely from thick cuttings more than 6 cm across and 1.5 m long, planted at the start of the rains.
The jocote or ciruela is a small deciduous tree of the cashew family with an irregular trunk, brittle horizontal branches and an open spreading canopy. Small pink to purple flowers appear along the bare branches before the leaves, followed by plum-like fruits that ripen purple, red, orange or yellow and are eaten fresh throughout Central America. It is one of the classic living-fence trees of the region, grown from thick cuttings pushed into the ground.
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1carrying a tag
0sponsored
FamilyAnacardiaceae
Spanish nameCiruela
Also known asPurple mombin, Red mombin, Spanish plum, Ciruelo, Jocote
Native toMexico to northern Colombia, including Costa Rica, in seasonally dry tropical forest
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Main Orchard | B | 1 June 2015 | Healthy | — |
0 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.