Choerospondias axillaris

Choerospondias axillaris, known as Lapsi लप्सी in Nepali, also known in English as the "Nepali hog plum", and nánsuānzǎo in Mandarin (Chinese:南酸枣; literally: "southern sour date"), is a tree in the family Anacardiaceae. It is known as Lepchipoma in Assamese and in Bengal it is known as Amrda."আমড়া" It is native to much of Asia from India to China to Japan. Its fruit is about 3 centimeters long and has a soft whitish sour flesh and green to yellow skin. The fruit is made into pickles, fruit tarts, and sour, spicy candy in Nepal. The tree has long been cultivated in rural Nepal for its fruit. The fruit is nutritious and has a price comparable to the mandarin orange on the Nepalese market.