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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.
The fruit's texture is creamy and soft, and the flavor is a mix of sweet potato, pumpkin, honey, prune, peach, apricot, cantaloupe, cherry, and almond. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] A mamey sapote is ripe when the flesh is vibrant salmon in color when a fleck of the skin is removed. [ 14 ]
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 ...
Merriam-Webster defines "fruit" as "the usually edible reproductive body of a seed plant." Most often, these seed plants are sweet and enjoyed as dessert (think berries and melons), but some ...
The fruit is also given names after its unique yellow colour similar to an egg yolk: it is known as the buah kuning telur ("yolk fruit") in Malay, [13] cây trứng gà ("chicken egg plant") in Vietnamese, mon khai (ม่อนไข่, khai meaning "egg") in Thai [12] and danhuang guo (蛋黃果 "egg yolk fruit")in Taiwan.
Pouteria caimito, the abiu (Portuguese pronunciation:), is a tropical fruit tree in the family Sapotaceae. [3] It grows in the Amazonian region of South America, and this type of fruit can also be found in the Philippines and other countries in Southeast Asia. It grows to an average of 10 metres (33 feet) high, with ovoid fruits.
In addition to Peru, the fruit is grown also to a limited extent in Bolivia, Chile and Costa Rica. Attempts at growing lúcuma in Florida's climate are typically not successful. [2] The fruit is successfully grown in Vietnam, where it is known as lêkima. In Peru, harvesting season is from October to March and in Chile from June to November. [1]
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]