Sininguelas

When I was a kid, me and my siblings love to eat sininguelas. It is a typical summer fruits here in the Philippines. It is also known as Spanish plum (Spondias purpurea). The siniguelas' skin is often green when unripe and turns yellow or purple when ripe. The fruits are often eaten ripe, with the skin.

Spondias purpurea is a species of 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 "fruit." Other common names include Red Mombin, Purple Mombin, Hog Plum, Sineguela, and Siriguela.

 Small to medium-sizedt ree up to 25 feet tall. The leaves are deciduous in the short dry season, but only fall shortly before the new leaves develop; they are pinnate, with 7-23 leaflets, each leaflet 3–5 cm long and 1.5–2 cm broad. The flowers are small, reddish-purple, produced in large panicles. The fruit is an edible oval drupe, 3–5 cm long and 2-3.5 cm broad, ripening red (occasionally yellow) and containing a single large seed.

It 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. Numerous cultivars have been selected for fruit quality. It is also abundant in Central America.

source: Wikipedia