It is botanically called spondias mombin. It is a plant with versatile folklore uses. The leaf is popular in traditional birth practices for inducing labour. The juice of the crushed leaves and ...

Spondias mombin is in the Anacardiaceae family, the botanical family that also contains cashew and neem. And in reality, the margins and colour of the leaves and shape of the fruit of Spondias ...

In a paper published today, scientists argue that plenty of animals are regularly consuming and using alcohol, though many questions about the practice still remain.

The plants discussed in this review include Spondias mombin, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Elaeis guineensis, Irvingia gabonensis, Allium cepa, Blighia sapida, Dioscorea dumetorum, Psidium guajava ...

Spondias or yellow mombin has variety of medicinal values in traditional medicine in countries where the plant is indigenous. According to Echeme et al (2014), ...

The highest concentration of alcohol, detected in a hog plum (Spondias mombin), was more than 1.5 per cent. Mammals might find alcohol attractive because it indicates a ripe, sugary fruit that ...

She said there was a Spondias mombin tree (iyeye) around her house, and that sometimes an elderly man came to cut some of the leaves and flowers. She told me that out of curiosity, she asked the ...

Ashanti plum or hog plum or yellow mombin is the fruit that Asantes call ‘atoaa’. The Fantes call it ‘ataaba’, the Ewes ‘akukor’ and Ga people ‘aadon’. The Akan students at Cosmos ...