Fruit & Nut Trees

Azucarón

Azucarón takes its name from azúcar, sugar, and it rounds out the trio of jocote clones that CENTA lists as economically significant in El Salvador alongside Barón Rojo and Jocote de Corona. It is a small-fruited dry-season type from the hot lowlands, unusual in that it is eaten and marketed while the skin is still green rather than waiting for a colour change. The same clone shows up in Missouri Botanical Garden's Mesoamerican jocote survey, recorded from El Salvador under the local spelling "jocote de succaron," one of about 40 distinct folk names the survey logged for Spondias purpurea across the region. Because it is propagated only from cuttings, Azucarón trees in Salvadoran dooryards, living fences and small orchards are all the same genotype, and its combination of sweetness and small size makes it a staple of roadside and market-stall sales during the February–March window.Read more

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