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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 .
Pouteria sapota, the mamey sapote, is a species of tree native to Mexico and Central America. The tree is also cultivated in the Caribbean . Its fruit is eaten in many Latin American countries.
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.
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 white sapote, scientific name Casimiroa edulis, also called casimiroa and Mexican apple, [1] and known as cochitzapotl in the Nahuatl language (meaning "sleep-sapote") is a species of tropical fruiting tree in the family Rutaceae, native to eastern Mexico and Central America south to Costa Rica.
Species noted for their edible fruits include Manilkara , Chrysophyllum cainito (star-apple or golden leaf tree), Gambeya africana and Gambeya albida (star-apple), and Pouteria (abiu, canistel, lúcuma, mamey sapote).
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 ...
Pouteria viridis is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae known by the common name green sapote.. Other common names include red faisan, white faisan (), zapote blanco, zapote rojo, zapote de castilla, zapote de montana (), zapote verde, zapote injerto (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras), injerto verde (), zapotillo calenturiento (Honduras), zapote amarillo, zapote mico, zapote ...