Oct 22, 2023 · Tart and delicious, the jocote fruit is in season from August to September in Costa Rica. Many locals prefer to eat them unripe, adding a touch of lime juice or salt. I find the green jocotes a little too bitter, and wait until they're almost red, which equals sweet and juicy goodness.

Cerca de Ecuador el fruto de color amarillo es conocido como «hobo» y en países como El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica y Nicaragua se les llama «jocotes». En Honduras lo conocen como «ciruela» y «tronadora», pasando a llamarse Chirquí en Panamá.

Aug 25, 2019 · If you are visiting Costa Rica during August and September you will find Jocotes everywhere, make sure you don't miss the opportunity to taste them in all of its versions: ripe, with salt, green, tronadores and with some chilli too!

It is commonly known as jocote, which derives from the Nahuatl word xocotl, meaning any kind of sour or acidic fruit. Other common names include red mombin, Spanish plum, purple mombin, Jamaica plum, and hog plum. [3] [4]

Sep 17, 2023 · Jocote is mostly grown in Central America and Mexico, primarily in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Costa Rica. It can also grow wild in many other Central America and Caribbean countries, such as Belize, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Cuba.

Late August and early September is the time of the year for one of my favourite Costa Rican fruits – the jocote [custom_script adID=149] Many Costa Ricans prefer the green jocotes which are unripe and bitter and they are often eaten with salt and vinegar or lime juice.

Jocote fruits originate from a region extending from southern Mexico to northern Peru, including parts of north-coastal Brazil, and are particularly prevalent in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Panama.

A jocote is a fruit tree, found Central America, Mexico, northern Peru and parts of north-coastal Brazil. The jocote goes by many names in other countries: purple mombin, red mombin, hog plum, and sinigwela to name a few.

El jocote (spondias sp), fruto del árbol que disfrutamos en Costa Rica y otros países, tiene un sabor ácido cuando está tierno y por lo general se come con sal y luego maduro su sabor es bastante dulce y su color varía entre amarillos y rojos.

Jocote (Spondias purpurea). A small, thin tree which grows in the tropics, and is found in dry forest climates. It produces an oval fruit, about the size of a C battery, which is sweet and orange on the inside. The fruit can also be eaten green, when the inside is acid. It has a hard pit in the...