NOT MANY people are aware that the botanical name for June plum is "ambarella spondias dulcis ambere" and that Jamaicans are the only ones who use the name June plum.
Other popular names are Jew plum and golden apple, but in Malaya it is called great hog plum or kedondong.

It is related to other popular Jamaican plums such as hog plum and maiden plum.
Though a native of the South Pacific, it is now generally found throughout the tropics and was introduced to Jamaica in 1782
and again 10 years later by Captain Bligh, probably from Hawaii where it has been grown for many years.

When ripe, they start to soften and the aroma and flavour become musky.
The flesh becomes more difficult to slice because of conspicuous and tough fibres extending from the rough ridges of the prickly core.
In its ripened form, it is sweeter and less acidic.
from the Jamaica Gleaner, June 29, 2006