The edible fruit is popular within the plants native range, where it is often gathered from the wild. Mamoncillo genip growing in the florida home landscape. Es apreciado por sus frutos comestibles, unas drupas. Melicoccus bijugatus, melicocca bijuga, spanish lime. Mamoncillo genip growing in the florida home landscape 2 26% total soluble solids. The mamoncillo melicoccus bijugatus, with its large seeds and thin layer of adhering flesh, provides little but juice. Aqueous acetone, methanol or ethanol tissue extracts of different cultivars or collections of m. Quenepa, mamon sapindaceae familia del jaboncillo john k. Melicoccus bijugatus is an evergreen tree growing to 18 m 59ft by 18 m 59ft at a slow rate. Media in category melicoccus bijugatus the following 14 files are in this category, out of 14 total.
Common to the tropics, apparently these fruit come from a branch of the soapberry tree, which sounds, if possible, even less appetizing than melicoccus. Melicoccus bijugatus, commonly called spanish lime, genip, guinep, genipe, ginepa, kenep. It has alternate, compound leaves comprised of four elliptic leaflets. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Formally known as melicoccus bijugatus, it could be that i chose these specifically for the name.
Melicoccus bijugatus, commonly called spanish lime, genip, guinep, genipe, ginepa, quenepa, quenepe, chenet, canepa, mamon, limoncillo, skinip or mamoncillo, is a. It grows up to 25 m in height and up to 60 cm in trunk diameter. The potential health effects of melicoccus bijugatus jacq. Very popular south american fruit, close related to litchi. The edible fruit species melicoccus bijugatus is a minor member of the sapindaceae family, otherwise known as the soapberry family. Oct 20, 2015 melicoccus bijugatus, commonly called spanish lime, genip, guinep, genipe, ginepa, quenepa, quenepe, chenet, canepa, mamon, limoncillo, skinip or mamoncillo, is a. America, and the fruit is often found for sale in local markets. Department of agriculture agricultural research service.
Guaya, sus propiedades, beneficios y valor nutricional. May 15, 2009 edible fruits of the native south american tree melicoccus bijugatus jacq. Melicoccus bijugatus, commonly called spanish lime, genip, guinep, genipe, ginepa, quenepa, canepa, mamon, limoncillo or mamoncillo, is a fruitbearing tree in the soapberry family sapindaceae, native or naturalised over a wide area of the tropics including south and central america, mexico, puerto rico, the dominican republic, haiti and other parts of the caribbean. Melicoccus bijugatus, melicocca bijuga, spanish lime, genip.
Melicoccus bijugatus or commonly known as mamoncillo is an evergreen and slowgrowing fruit tree native to northern south america. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. In 1762 linnaeus used a spelling variation of the name. Melicoccus bijugatus, commonly called spanish lime, genip, guinep, genipe, ginepa, quenepa, canepa, mamon, limoncillo or mamoncillo, is a fruitbearing tree in the soapberry family sapindaceae, native or naturalised over a wide area of the tropics including south and central america, mexico, puerto rico, the dominican republic. Pdf homegardens or solares in the communities congregacion c and ejido e juana moza of tuxpan, veracruz are. It is native to south america but grows in the caribbean and parts of central and north america. Some therapeutic effects of these fruits may be due to phenolics and sugars. The melicoccus genus has two species, both known for their edible fruits. The mamoncillo is native to colombia, venezuela, and the island of margarita, also french guiana, guyana and surinam. Learn how to pronounce melicoccus bijugatus and more about the melicoccus bijugatus word at. Phenolics, sugars, antimicrobial and freeradicalscavenging. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about spanish lime, mamoncillo, guayo, honeyberry, limoncillo melicoccus bijugatus supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles databas. Relatively cold hardy, to upper 20s for short period. Melicoccus bijugatus, commonly called spanish lime, genip, guinep, genipe, ginepa, kenep, quenepa, quenepe, quenette, chenet, talpa jocote, mamon, limoncillo, skinip, kinnip, huaya, or mamoncillo, is a fruitbearing tree in the soapberry family sapindaceae, native or naturalized across the new world tropics including south and central america, and parts of the caribbean.
Melicoccus bijugatus in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Honigbeere, quenepa, dotterknippe melicoccus bijugatus. The leaves are briefly deciduous, alternate, compound, having 4 opposite, elliptic, sharppointed leaflets 2 to 5 in 512. The genus melicoccus was first decscribed by patrick browne, an irish doctor and botanist, in 1756. Mamoncillo, mamon, anoncillo, limoncillo, huaya, guaya. The tree has also been cultivated, probably since before the europeans got to s. The species is also commonly planted along roadsides as an ornamental tree. The mamoncillo tree is slowgrowing, erect, stately, attractive. Translucent fleshed fruit with a flavor sharing a mild resemblance to the lychee. Tell me that you wont be snickering as you repeat that phrase all day.
It is commonly cultivated and spontaneous in those countries, also in coastal ecuador, the lowlands of central america, the west indies and in the bahamas. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Spanish lime, mamoncillo melicoccus bijugatus seeds. Plants profile for melicoccus bijugatus spanish lime. Ars germplasm resources information network mebi integrated taxonomic information system mebi. Inga paterno harms, guaya melicoccus bijugatus jacq. Edible fruits of the native south american tree melicoccus bijugatus jacq. Pollination in general, two trees, one functionally male and the other functionally female, are needed to insure good. Common to the tropics, apparently these fruit come from a branch of the soapberry tree, which sounds, if possible, even less. Melicoccus bijugatus, spanish lime, is a member of the soapberry family and distantly related to lychee. Using the shell of mammon fruit melicoccus bijugatus for fabric dyeing. Melicoccus bijugatus mamoncillo, spanish lime, guayo pfaf. Its leaves can be damaged if the temperature hits the freezing point, with serious damage occurring below 4c.
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