-a. Sapotille. b. le Mango. c. Cirouelles. d. Pomme rose. e. Fruit du Mombin-
Description/notes: Sapodilla fruit, mango fruit, cirouelle fruit, rose apples, and a plum-like fruit known as mombin.
The sapodilla (Manilkara zapota) is native to the Yucatan and Mexico and has spread throughout the Caribbean. Its sap was used as a gum by the Maya. Mangos (Mangifera indica) are native to southern Asia. Cirouelles (Spondias purpurea) are also known as mombin rouge. The pomme rose or rose apple (Syzygium jambos) is originally from India and was introduced to Jamaica in 1762, spreading to the rest of the Caribbean from there. Mombin fruit or a kind of plum (Spondias mombin) is native to South America and common in the West Indies.
-a. le Citronier des Haies. b. Fruit de l'Abricotier-
Description/notes: Branches and fruit of Caribbean versions of lemon and apricot trees. Text notes that the apricot was unlike the European apricot; it may be Mammea americana, the mammee apple, or St. Domingo apricot.
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lovely old pix! i love these strange fruits from an era of discovery!
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