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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 ...
P. caimito grows to an average of 10 metres (33 feet) high, and can grow as high as 35 metres (115 ft) under good conditions. The leaves range from oblong to elliptical . They can be 10–20 centimetres (4–8 inches) in length and 3.5–6.5 cm ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in width.
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.
A general common name for plants of the genus is sapote. [2] Not all sapotes are members of this genus or even family, however; many sapotes are in the family Sapotaceae, especially the genus Pouteria, and the black sapote is part of the Ebenaceae. Some species are cultivated. C. edulis (white sapote) produces edible
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 ...
It includes the canistel (P. campechiana), the mamey sapote , and the lucuma . Commonly, this genus is known as pouteria trees , or in some cases, eggfruits . Pouteria is related to Manilkara , another genus that produces hard and heavy woods (e.g. balatá , M. bidentata ) used commonly for tropical construction, as well as edible fruit (such ...
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 fruit of D. texana are black, subglobose berries with a diameter of 1.5–2.5 cm (5 ⁄ 8 –1 in) that ripen in August. [24] The fleshy berries become edible when they turn dark purple or black, at which point they are sweet and can be eaten from the hand or made into pudding or custard. [25]