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Manilkara zapota, commonly known as sapodilla (Spanish: [ˌ s a p o ˈ ð i ʝ a]), [4] sapote, chicozapote, chicoo, chicle, naseberry, nispero, or soapapple, among other names, [5] [6]: 515 is an evergreen tree native to southern Mexico and Central America.
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 ...
The family name is derived from zapote, a Mexican vernacular name for one of the plants (in turn derived from the Nahuatl tzapotl) and Latinised by Linnaeus as sapota, a name now treated as a synonym of Manilkara (also formerly known by the invalid name Achras).
Mamey sapote Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Sapotaceae Genus: Pouteria Species: P. sapota Binomial name Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H. E. Moore & Stearn Synonyms See text Sapote, mamey, raw Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) Energy 520 kJ (120 ...
Manilkara is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae.They are widespread in tropical and semitropical locations, in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Australia, and Latin America, as well as various islands in the Pacific and in the Caribbean. [4]
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 ...
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
The Sapotoideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Sapotaceae.Plants in the subfamily are characterized by their leather-like leaves, often growing in a stipule fashion.