Sapote
Black sapote | |
Type | Fruit |
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Region or state | Mexico, Central America and northern parts of South America |
Sapote (/səˈpoʊtiː, -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.[citation needed]
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Casimiroa edulis, white sapote
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Quararibea cordata, South American sapote
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Pouteria sapota, mamey sapote
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Manilkara zapota, sapodilla
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Pouteria campechiana, yellow sapote
Sapotaceae
Some but not all sapotes come from the family Sapotaceae:
- Sapodilla,[3][4] 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 (Pouteria campechiana) is native to Mexico and Central America.
- Mamey sapote (Pouteria sapota)[1][2] is from southern Mexico to northern South America.
- Green sapote (Pouteria viridis) is native to lowland southern Mexico.
Other sapote
- Black sapote (Aztectzapotl.
- White sapote (
- South American sapote (Quararibea cordata: Malvaceae)[5] is native to the Amazon rainforests of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
- Sun sapote (.
See also
- Chapote (Diospyros texana: Ebenaceae) is native to the lower Rio Grande valley region in Texas and Mexico
References
- ^ a b c d e f "sapote". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ a b "sapote". WordReference.com Dictionary of English. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ doi:10.1093/OED/3396265629. Retrieved 2024-03-26. (Subscription or participating institution membershiprequired.)
- ^ Achras sapota[...] sapote [...] derivative from Nahuatl tzapotl. The Spanish diminutive form gave English sapodilla in the same sense
- ^ ISBN 978-1626549722. Retrieved 26 March 2024 – via Purdue University Horticulture & Landscape Architecture.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - ^ "Casimiroa edulis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-03-26.