The highest concentration of alcohol, detected in a hog plum (Spondias mombin), was more than 1.5 per cent. Mammals might find alcohol attractive because it indicates a ripe, sugary fruit that ...

Ashanti plum or hog plum or yellow mombin is the fruit that Asantes call ‘atoaa’. The Fantes call it ‘ataaba’, the Ewes ‘akukor’ and Ga people ‘aadon’. The Akan students at Cosmos ...