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Diospyros nigra, the black sapote, is a species of persimmon. Common names include chocolate pudding fruit, black soapapple and (in Spanish) zapote prieto. The tropical fruit tree is native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. [1] The common name sapote refers to any soft, edible fruit. Black sapote is not related to white sapote nor mamey ...
Sapote (/ s ə ˈ p oʊ t iː,-eɪ,-ə /; [1] [2] [3] from Nahuatl: tzapotl [4]) is a term for a soft, edible fruit. [1] The word is incorporated into the common names of several unrelated fruit-bearing plants native to Mexico, Central America and northern parts of South America. [1] [5] It is also known in Caribbean English as soapapple ...
Casimiroa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae. It includes about 10 species native to Mexico and Central America. The genus is named for "an Otomi Indian, Casimiro Gómez, from the town of Cardonal in Hidalgo, Mexico, who fought and died in Mexico's war of independence." [1] A general common name for plants of the genus is ...
Quararibea cordata, known as the South American sapote or chupa-chupa, is a large, semi-deciduous fruit tree reaching heights of up to 45 meters. It is native to the Amazon rainforest vegetation in Brazil , Colombia , Ecuador , and Peru .
The genus includes several plants of commercial importance, either for their edible fruit or for their timber . The latter are divided into two groups in trade: the pure black ebony (notably from D. ebenum , but also several other species), and the striped ebony or calamander wood (from D. celebica , D. mun and others).
Sapodilla fruits being sold on a street in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. The fruit is a large berry, 4–8 cm (2–3 in) in diameter. [13] [16] An unripe fruit has a firm outer skin and when picked, releases white chicle from its stem. A fully ripened fruit has saggy skin and does not release chicle when picked.
Many species produce edible fruits, or white blood-sap that is used to cleanse dirt, organically and manually, while others have other economic uses. Species noted for their edible fruits include Manilkara ( sapodilla ), Chrysophyllum cainito (star-apple or golden leaf tree), Gambeya africana and Gambeya albida (star-apple), and Pouteria ( abiu ...
The leaves are pointed at both ends, 4 to 12 inches in length, and grow in clusters at the ends of branches. [15] The mamey sapote is related to other sapotes such as sapodilla (Manilkara zapota), abiu (P. caimito), and canistel (P. campechiana), but unrelated to the black sapote (Diospyros digyna) [16] and white sapote (Casimiroa edulis). [17 ...