The hobo is a tree, quite large in the family Anacardiaceae. Its scientific name is Spondias mombin. It receives other common names such as Joba , jobo , plum ( Colombia ), jobito , plum joba ( Venezuela ), jocote ( El Salvador ), cajá ( Brasil ) and cedrillo in Bolivia . In Nigeria they call him Iyeyé (Yoruba language) and isaba (Hausa language). Hobo, with H and not with J, is also the name of a municipality in the Department of Huila (Colombia).
