Sapote
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Sapote |
| image | Diospyros digyna 2.jpg |
| caption | Black sapote |
| type | Fruit |
| region | Mexico, Central America and northern parts of South America |
| creator | |
| serving_size | 100 g |
| no_recipes | false |
| :: |
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Sapote (; from ) is a term 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.
Species
From Sapotaceae
Some, but not all sapotes, come from the family Sapotaceae:
- Sapodilla, also called naseberry (Manilkara zapota) is native to Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize, and possibly El Salvador. The Sapotaceae were named after a synonym of this species.
- Yellow sapote (Lucuma campechiana) is native to Mexico and Central America.
- Mamey sapote (Pouteria sapota) is from southern Mexico to northern South America.
- Green sapote (Pouteria viridis) is native to lowland southern Mexico.
File:Vietnamese Sapote.JPG|Manilkara zapota, Hồng xiêm, a kind of Vietnamese sapote File:Mamey.jpg|Pouteria sapota, mamey sapote File:Manilkara zapota.jpg|Manilkara zapota, sapodilla File:Canistel-2.jpg|Lucuma campechiana, yellow sapote
From other families
- Black sapote (Diospyros nigra: Ebenaceae), from eastern Mexico south to Colombia, is probably the original Aztec tzapotl.
- White sapote (Casimiroa edulis: Rutaceae) is native to northern and central Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala.
- South American sapote (Quararibea cordata: Malvaceae) is native to the Amazon rainforests of Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
- Sun sapote (Moquilea platypus: Chrysobalanaceae) is native to southern Mexico south to Colombia.
File:Casimiroa edulis4.jpg|Casimiroa edulis, white sapote File:Zapotes.jpg|Quararibea cordata, South American sapote
References
References
- {{Cite MW. sapote
- {{cite dictionary
- {{Cite OED
- Watson, George. (April 1938). "Nahuatl Words in American English". American Speech.
- (1987). "Chupa-Chupa".
- (2011). "Top 100 Exotic Food Plants". CRC Press.
- (2007). "Postharvest physiology and technology of sapote mamey fruit (Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E. Moore & Stearn)". Postharvest Biology and Technology.
- {{GRIN. ''Casimiroa edulis''. 9292
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