Did you know that Spondias dulcis plant was spread as canoe plant in Island Southeast Asia and Polynesia in prehistoric times by seafaring Austronesians during the Austronesian expansion?

Ambarella - Spondias dulcis

Spondias dulcis (syn. Spondias cytherea), known commonly as Ambarella, Polynesian plum or Tahiti apple, is a tropical fruit tree native to Melanesia, with edible fruit containing a fibrous pit.

The tree was spread to neighboring regions as canoe plant in Island Southeast Asia and Polynesia in prehistoric times by seafaring Austronesians during the Austronesian expansion. It remains widely cultivated in Polynesia, where it is generally known under the names vī or wī, and variants thereof.

It has also been introduced to other areas of the world in colonial times. In the English-speaking Caribbean it is typically known as golden apple and elsewhere in the Caribbean as pommecythere, April plum or June plum, or cythere.

The tree is often cultivated in the tropics, both for its edible fruit and as an ornamental.

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