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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]]. | |
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| + | * [[Black sapote]] (''Diospyros digyna''), family [[Ebenaceae]], a species of tree native to eastern [[Mexico]] and Central America south to Colombia. | ||
| + | * [[Green sapote]], family [[Sapotaceae]], a species from lowland southern Mexico that is closely related to mamey sapote. | ||
| + | * [[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, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize, and possibly El Salvador. | ||
| + | * [[Quararibea cordata|South American sapote]] (''Quararibea cordata'' = ''Matisia cordata''), family [[Malvaceae]], a species of tree native to the [[Amazon Rainforest]]s of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. | ||
| + | * [[White sapote]] (''Casimiroa edulis''), family [[Rutaceae]], a species of tree native to northern and central Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?9292 |title=Casimiroa edulis |work=[[Germplasm Resources Information Network]] |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |accessdate=2009-03-26}}</ref> | ||
| + | * [[Yellow sapote]] (''Pouteria campechiana''), family Sapotaceae, a species of tree native to Mexico and Central America. | ||
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| + | <gallery> | ||
| + | File:Diospyros digyna 2.jpg|Black sapote | ||
| + | File:Mamey.jpg|Mamey sapote | ||
| + | File:Manilkara zapota.jpg|Sapodilla | ||
| + | File:Zapotes.jpg|South American sapote | ||
| + | File:Casimiroa edulis4.jpg|White sapote | ||
| + | File:Canistel-2.jpg|Yellow sapote | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | *http://www.wikipedia.org | ||
Latest revision as of 14:15, 29 October 2009
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.
- Green sapote, family Sapotaceae, a species from lowland southern Mexico that is closely related to mamey sapote.
- 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, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize, and possibly El Salvador.
- 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 northern and central Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala.[1]
- Yellow sapote (Pouteria campechiana), family Sapotaceae, a species of tree native to Mexico and Central America.
Black sapote
Mamey sapote
Sapodilla
South American sapote
White sapote
Yellow sapote
References
- ↑ "Casimiroa edulis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved on 2009-03-26.
