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scarcely pleasant to the taste, others are sweet and agreeable. 

 The fruit is usually eaten fresh. Its composition, according 

 to an analysis by Alice R. Thompson of Hawaii, is as follows : 

 Total solids 11. 47 per cent, ash 0.65 per cent, acids 0.98 percent, 

 protein 1.37 per cent, total sugars 9.41 per cent, fat 0.56 per 

 cent, and fiber 1.16 per cent. 



The species is considered to be cosmopolitan in the tropics. 

 In Spanish-speaking countries it is called jobo, while in Brazil 

 it is known as cajd. In the French colonies the names mombin 

 jaune and prune Myrobalan are current. S. Mombin, Jacq. 

 (not L.) is a botanical synonym of S. lutea, L. 



Occasional trees are seen in cultivation throughout tropical 

 America. Cook and Collins report that it is planted extensively 

 in Porto Rico. In south Florida it succeeds, but has never 

 become common. In California no trees of fruiting age are 

 known. The species is rather susceptible to frost ; it is found 

 in the tropics only at low elevations, and probably will not 

 withstand temperatures much below freezing point, particularly 

 when young. 



The method of propagation is the same as that used for the 

 red mombin (see above), i.e., by cuttings of mature wood. 



