Jabín honey
Piscidia piscipula
Honey from the jabín tree (ja'abin in Maya), which flowers in the Yucatán dry season. It is light amber and hardly crystallises.
- Origin
- Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico)
- Colour
- 50 mm · extra light amber
- Crystallization
- very slow
- Plant
- Piscidia piscipula · Jamaica dogwood (Piscidia) →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
The flow is short, roughly March to April, and the honey tends to be high in the amino acid proline.
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