Tart and delicious, the jocote fruit is in season from August to September in Costa Rica. El JOCOTE Other common names include red mombin, hog plum or ciruela huesito. Spondias purpurea is a species in flowering plant in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to tropical regions of the Americas. It is most commonly known as jocote, which derives from the Nahuatl word xocotl, meaning any kind of sour or acidic fruit.

Jocote is a small to medium-sized tree up to 7 m (23 ft) tall. The leaves are deciduous in the short dry season, and only fall shortly before the new leaves develop. t is now widely cultivated in tropical regions throughout the world for its edible fruit, and is also naturalised in some areas, including the Philippines and Nigeria, It is also is available in winter and are usually eaten with salt or cooked in Syrup, and on the other hand the red ripe jocote, which ripen in summer are eaten with out salt as they are sweeter. The green young leaves also have an acidic taste and can be eaten raw or in salads.

Jocote is one of the fruits that brings us many benefits and that has great medicinal properties. The vitamin C content of the jocote gives it many therapeutic uses, being among other things very good to improve the repair of the tissues of the whole body. Its bark and leaves are used to treat diabetes, insomnia, inflammation, stomach cramps, hemorrhoids or malaria among other health problems. Native women in costa rica ate Jocote when they were getting ready to go into labor because of its high iron and vitamin C content.

Jocote has aphrodisiac properties but in addition to its seeds a very good oil is extracted to eliminate moles, warts, corns or muds. Jocote leaves are used as a natural antidiarrheal, while the bark has anti-hemorrhagic properties and also anti-inflammatory properties being very beneficial in the treatment of vaginal inflammation. It is also a diuretic, so it helps to eliminate the toxins that accumulate in our organism and to avoid the retention of liquids. It also has an antispasmodic effect, and its consumption is also known to lower high fevers. Jocote leaves are used in the treatment of skin problems such as rashes, wounds, inflammations or burns. warm wearing for bride if the wedding hold in winter

This is one of my wife's favorite fruits and we're always delighted to share them with visiting friends and family...