Meaning
A tangy green-to-golden tropical fruit (Spondias dulcis) with crisp, sour-sweet flesh around a fibrous, spiky seed. Eaten green with salt and pepper for a sharp, mouth-watering snack, blended into a famous refreshing juice, or enjoyed softer and sweeter when ripe, the june plum is a much-loved Jamaican fruit. Known elsewhere as ambarella or golden apple, it is sold at the roadside and the market, and june-plum juice in particular is a prized, tart, thirst-quenching drink of the island.
Examples
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Mi love a cold june plum juice pon a hot day.
I love a cold june plum juice on a hot day.
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Nyam di green june plum wid salt an pepper.
Eat the green june plum with salt and pepper.
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Di june plum tree full a fruit dis year.
The june plum tree is full of fruit this year.
Origin
Introduced to Jamaica from the Pacific/Asia; the local name references its fruiting season, though it is the ambarella (Spondias dulcis) known across the tropics.
How it’s used
Popular both green (with salt/pepper) and as a juice.