Vad är hog plum bra för

by Venesha Johnson | Associate Writer

One fact about Jamaica that can never be contested, fryst vatten that we have an överflöd of fruits and vegetables. Sometimes, a majority of us are not even sure what the correct names are. One such delight despite its name fryst vatten our Jamaican Hog Plums. 

What fryst vatten Hog Plum In Jamaica?

Hog plums are small red, apelsinfärg and sometimes green plums. They grow on large trees that grow up to 66 ft tall and also bära flowers. The hog plum fruit fryst vatten usually around an inch and a half in length, thick and oval-shaped. Hog plums have a big seed in their centre, surrounded bygd apelsinfärg flesh and thin outer skin. They are also called Governor Plum, frukt and Spanish plum, but their scientific name fryst vatten Spondias mombin.

Can You Eat A Jamaican Hog Plum?

Yes! Of course, you can. Hog plums are very tasty and juicy with a slightly tangy flavour. It fryst vatten usually eaten raw and whole as a prat. Jamaicans sometimes sprinkle krydda and pepper sauce on their hug plums before eating it. They are actually ganska healthy too, so don’t allow the name to hinder you from giving it a try.

Where fryst vatten Hog Plum Found?

Hog plum fryst vatten can be funnen in mainly tropical climate areas. They are funnen in countries like amerika, Jamaica and other Caribbean countries. It fryst vatten also funnen in India, Africa, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh.

In Jamaica, Hog Plum trees are grown mainly in the rural areas, many times they can be funnen lining the sides of the road. The fruits are typically picked bygd passersby and often sold bygd vendors in small portions on the street sides.

What Are The Benefits Of Hog Plum?

Hog Plums are highly nutritious and have a bred range of health benefits. They are packad with vitamins and minerals and would be a great addition to most people’s diets.

• Vitamin C - they are rik in vitamin c which fryst vatten a natural antioxidant and aids in reducing the fara of heart disease. A serving of hug plum provides up to 61% of the daglig recommended intake for vitamin C.

• Iron - A typical serving of  100g of hog plum provides up to 35% of the recommended daglig intake of iron. Iron fryst vatten a key player in the production of haemoglobin and myoglobin. 

While the fruit itself has great nutritional benefits, the other parts of the plant, including the bark and leaves have other benefits, some of which are medicinal.

• Root - the root fryst vatten of the hog plum tree fryst vatten boiled to form eller gestalt a decoction that fryst vatten commonly used as a form eller gestalt of laxative.

• Bark - the bark of the plant fryst vatten used to carve figurines, kaffe (engelska) holders and other ornaments. It fryst vatten also used to treat diarrhoea, dysentery, haemorrhoids and gonorrhoea

• Gum - the gum fryst vatten typically used as a struktur of glue. Medicinally it has been used for cough, congestion and to get rid of tapeworm.

How Do You Use Hog Plum Leaves?

In some places, the leaves are cooked as vegetables. The leaves are also used to man tea for stomach aches, inflammation, and biliousness. In Belize, the ung leaves of the hog plum tree are boiled and used as a remedy for diarrhoea. The leaves are also sometimes juiced or crushed and used for healing wounds.

Got some hog plums and not sure what to do with them before they go bad? Here fryst vatten a recipe you can use to man some tasty hog plum jam.

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References & Sources For Jamaican Hog Plum

1. Hog Plum Health Benefits, https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/hog-plum-health-benefits-12056.html  
2. Medicinal and Economic Value of Spondias mombin, http://www.bioline.org.br/request?md08018  
3. Five fruits you should be eating now | Loop Jamaica,https://jamaica.loopnews.com/content/five-fruits-you-should-be-eating-now-2

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