Sapote
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Sapote or tzapotl is a Nahuatl language word for a soft, edible fruit. 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.
- Black sapote (Diospyros digyna), family Ebenaceae, a species of tree native to eastern Mexico and Central America south to Colombia and also in India.
- Mamey sapote (Pouteria sapota), family Sapotaceae, a species of tree native to southern Mexico and northern South America
- Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota), family Sapotaceae, a species of tree native to Mexico
- South American sapote (Quararibea cordata = Matisia cordata), family Malvaceae, a species of tree native to the Amazon Rainforests of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
- White sapote (Casimiroa edulis), family Rutaceae, a species of tree native to eastern Mexico and Central America south to Costa Rica
- Yellow sapote (Pouteria campechiana), family Sapotaceae
The fruit generally looks like a green apple without an indentation on the bottom. When shopping, choose firm fruit which is free of bruises and variably green or yellowish-green in surface color. Allow sapote to ripen and soften at room temperature, then refrigerate. Eat out-of-hand or use in preserves.
 Black sapote |
 Mamey sapote |
 Sapodilla |
 South American sapote |
 White sapote |
 Yellow sapote |
