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Jobo (Spondias mombin)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This datasheet is pending revision and updating; its contents are currently derived from FAO's Animal Feed Resources Information System (1991-2002) and from Bo Göhl's Tropical Feeds (1976-1982).

Datasheet

Description
Click on the "Nutritional aspects" tab for recommendations for ruminants, pigs, poultry, rabbits, horses, fish and crustaceans
Common names 
Yellow mombin, jobo, hog plum
Species 

Spondias mombin Jacq. [Anacardiaceae]

Feed categories 
Related feed(s) 
Description 
Edible fruits.
Distribution 
Indomalaysia to SE Asia and tropical America
Nutritional aspects
Ruminants 
Quoted as browse species for goats in Nigeria.
Nutritional tables
Tables of chemical composition and nutritional value 
References
References 
Carew, B. A. R. ; Mosi, A. K. ; Mba, A. U. ; Egbunike, G. N., 1980. The potential of browse plants in the nutrition of small ruminants in the humid forest and derived savanna zones of Nigeria. In: Browse in Africa, the current state of knowledge. H. N. Le Houérou (ed.), ILCA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 307-311 web icon
Ogunbosoye, D. O. ; Babayemi, O. J., 2010. Potential values of some non-leguminous browse plants as dry season feed for ruminants in Nigeria. Afr. J. Biotech., 9 (18): 2720-2726 web icon
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Datasheet citation 

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