Choerospondias axillaris, known in English as the Nepali hog plum, is a tree in the family Anacardiaceae.
It is native to the Himalayas, Indochina, southern and north-central China, Taiwan, and Japan.
[1] It is a common fruit in Nepal and Bhutan, called lapsi and aamli[citation needed] in the Nepali-speaking community.
Its fruit is about 3 centimeters long and has a soft whitish sour flesh and green to yellow skin.
[6] Besides fruit, the tree yields valuable wood and hard seeds which are burned for fuel, and has parts used medicinally in Vietnam and Tibet.