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This page provides some basic information about sapodilla including some sapodilla photos , and some tasty sapodilla recipes.
| Scientific name: | Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen |
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| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Common names: | English: Sapodilla, Chiku fruit, Sapota, Dutch: Sapodilla Spanish: Nispero Thailand: Lamoot |
| Origin: | Central America and South Mexico. |
| Distribution: | Central America, Mexico, India, Philippines. |
| Evergreen or deciduous: | Evergreen |
| Flowers: | Sapodilla trees may flower year round, but fruiting usually occurs only twice a year. |
| Leaves: | The green glossy leaves are 7 to 15 centimeters long. |
| Fruits: | Sapodilla fruits are large oval-shaped berries, with a diameter of 4-8 cm. They look
like a potato. Inside the fruit are 2-5 black bean-like seeds with a hook on one end.
Fruiting occurs twice a year. The sweet flesh is very tasty. It has a pale yellowish to earth brown color. The texture is grainy resembling a pear. |
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| Height: | Sapodilla trees are 3-4 meter tall. |
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