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Sapote
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 (''Pouteria 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'', , a kind of Vietnamese sapote File:Mamey.jpg, '' Pouteria sapota'', mamey sapote File:Manilkara zapota.jpg, '' Manilkara zapota'', sapodilla File:Canistel-2.jpg, ''Pouteria campechiana'', yellow s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pouteria Sapota
''Pouteria sapota'', the mamey sapote, is a species of tree native to southern Mexico and Central America. It is now cultivated throughout Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, as well as Florida and parts of South America. Its fruit is eaten raw in many Latin American countries, and is added to smoothies, milkshakes, ice cream, and other foods. Some of its names in Latin American countries, such as (Cuba), (Costa Rica) and (South America), refer to the reddish colour of its flesh to distinguish it from the unrelated but similar-looking ''Mammea americana'', whose fruit is usually called "yellow mamey" (). Description Mamey sapote is a large and highly ornamental plant, ornamental evergreen tree that can reach a height of at maturity. The fruit, botanically a berry, is about long and wide and has flesh ranging in color from pink to orange to red. The brown skin has a texture somewhat between sandpaper and the fuzz on a peach. The fruit's texture is creamy and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diospyros Digyna
''Diospyros nigra'', the black sapote, is a species of persimmon. Common names include chocolate pudding fruit, black soapapple and (in Spanish) ''zapote prieto''. The tropical fruit tree is native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. The common name sapote refers to any soft, edible fruit. Black sapote is not related to white sapote nor mamey sapote. The genus ''Diospyros'' has numerous other fruit bearing tree species in addition to the persimmons and black sapote. Etymology The etymology of Diospyros is "divine fruit". It derives from the greek words "dios" and "pyron". This term, translated from Greek, can be variously rendered as "God's pear", "Wheat of Zeus" and "Jove's fire". Description Mature trees can grow to over in height and are evergreen. It is frost sensitive but can tolerate light frosts. The leaves are elliptic-oblong, tapered at both ends, dark green, glossy and long. Some trees bear only male flowers. Others have both male and female flowers, though so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casimiroa Edulis
The white sapote, scientific name ''Casimiroa edulis'', also called casimiroa and Mexican apple, and known as ''cochitzapotl'' in the Nahuatl language (meaning "sleep-sapote") is a species of tropical fruiting tree in the family Rutaceae, native to eastern Mexico and Central America south to Costa Rica. The genus is named for "an Otomi Indian, Casimiro Gómez, from the town of Cardonal in Hidalgo, Mexico, who fought and died in Mexican War of Independence, Mexico's war of independence." Description Mature ''C. edulis'' trees range from tall and are evergreen. The leaf, leaves are alternate, palmately compound with three to five leaflets, the leaflets 6–13 cm long and 2.5–5 cm broad with an entire margin, and the leaf petiole 10–15 cm long. The fruit is an ovoid drupe, 5–10 cm in diameter, with a thin, inedible skin turning from green to yellow when ripe, and an edible pulp, which can range in flavor from bland to banana-like to peach to pear to van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Licania Platypus
''Moquilea platypus'', also known as sun sapote, sansapote, and monkey apple, is a flowering tree in the family Chrysobalanaceae. The specific epithet (''platypus'') is Neo-Latin for "flat-footed". Other names ''Moquilea platypus'' has many common names across its native range, including sonzapote, sunzapote, sungano, zapote cabelludo, sapote, sangre, zapote amarillo, zapote borracho, zapote cabello, zapote de mico, zapote de mono, mesonsapote, mezonzapote, cabeza de mico, caca de nino, sonza, sunza, zunza, chaute jolobob, urraco, and chupa. Distribution ''Moquilea platypus'' is native to southern Mexico south to northern Colombia and grows wild in dense forests up to in elevation. It has been introduced to India, the Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago, Florida, and Hawaii. Description The tree grows erect, sometimes reaching in height. It has a thick, rounded crown and is heavily foliaged. The bark is dark purplish to brown in color and is dotted with small white to reddis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achras Sapota
''Manilkara zapota'', commonly known as sapodilla (), sapote, chicozapote, chicoo, chicle, naseberry, nispero, or soapapple, among other names, is an evergreen tree native to southern Mexico and Central America. An example natural occurrence is in coastal Yucatán, in the Petenes mangroves ecoregion, where it is a subdominant plant species. It was introduced to the Philippines during Spanish colonization. It is grown in large quantities in Mexico and in tropical Asia, including India, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, as well as in the Caribbean. Common names Most of the common names of ''Manilkara zapota'' like "sapodilla", "chiku", and "chicozapote" come from Spanish meaning "little sapote". Other common names in English include bully tree, soapapple tree, sawo, marmalade plum and dilly tree. The specific epithet ''zapota'' is from the Spanish , which ultimately derives from the Nahuatl word '' tzapotl'' used for other similar looking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pouteria Viridis
''Pouteria viridis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae known by the common name green sapote. Other common names include red faisan, white faisan (Belize), ''zapote blanco'', ''zapote rojo'', ''zapote de castilla'', ''zapote de montana'' (Costa Rica), ''zapote verde'', ''zapote injerto'' (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras), ''injerto verde'' (Guatemala), ''zapotillo calenturiento'' (Honduras), ''zapote amarillo'', ''zapote mico'', ''zapote real'' (Nicaragua), ''chulul'' (Mexico),Lim, T. K''Pouteria viridis''.''Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 6, Fruits''. Springer. 2013. ''yashtul'', ''mameicito'' (Spanish),Janick, J. and R. E. Paull. ''The Encyclopedia of Fruits and Nuts''. CABI. 2008. pg. 843. ''chul'' ( Mam), ''ixulul'' (Jacalteco), ''raxtulul'' ( Poqomchiʼ), ''tulul'' ( Tz’utujil), and ''sapota zalená'' (Czech). Distribution and habitat This species is native to Mexico and Central America. Its natural habitat includes tropical fores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropical Fruit
There are many fruits that typically grow in warm tropical climates or equatorial areas. Tropical fruits Varieties of tropical fruit include: * Abiu * Açaí * Acerola (West Indian cherry; Barbados cherry) * Achachairú (Bolivian mangosteen; achacha) * Ackee * Atemoya * Avocado (alligator pear) *Banana * Bengal currant,(Christ's thorn, Carandas plum, Karonda, Karanda and Kanna) * Biribá (lemon meringue pie fruit) * Black sapote (chocolate pudding fruit) * Brazil nut *Breadfruit * Cacao pod * Caimito (star apple) * Canistel (eggfruit) * Carambola (star fruit; five fingers) * Cashew apple * Chempedak * Cherimoya *Coconut * Coffee cherry * Cupuaçu * Custard apple * Dragon fruit (pitaya) * Durian * Genipap * Governor's plum * Granadilla (maracujá-açu in Portuguese) * Guaraná *Guava * Hog plum (taperebá in Portuguese) * Ice-cream bean (inga-cipó in Portuguese) * Jabuticaba *Jackfruit * June plum (golden apple;cajamanga or cajarana in Portuguese) * jamun * Indian jujub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quararibea Cordata
''Quararibea cordata'', known as the South American sapote or chupa-chupa, is a large, semi-deciduous fruit tree reaching heights of up to 45 meters. It is native to the Amazon rainforest vegetation in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Description The tree produces orange-yellow fruits that are soft, juicy, and sweet, each containing 2-5 seeds. These fruits are typically consumed fresh by hand, although they can also be juiced. Although generally popular, the fruit is variable in quality, as some trees may produce insipid or fibrous fruits. Little work has been done to establish preferred cultivars. ''Quararibea cordata'' thrives in wet, deep soils, but it is susceptible to being killed by floods. Distribution ''Quararibea cordata'' is native to the foothills of the Andes and is commonly found throughout parts of Brazil, Venezuela, and Colombia, as well as rural southern Panama. However, it is not widely cultivated Chupa-chupa has failed to gain much international recognition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pouteria Campechiana
''Lucuma campechiana'' (commonly known as the cupcake fruit, eggfruit, zapote amarillo or canistel) is an evergreen tree native to, and cultivated in, southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador. It is cultivated in other countries, such as India, Costa Rica, Brazil, the United States, the Dominican Republic, Australia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and the Philippines. The edible part of the tree is its fruit, which is colloquially known as an egg fruit. The canistel grows up to high, and produces orange-yellow fruit, also called yellow sapote, up to long, which are edible raw. Canistel flesh is sweet, with a texture often compared to that of a Boiled egg#Hard-boiled eggs, hard-boiled egg yolk, hence its colloquial name "eggfruit". It is closely related to the lúcuma, mamey sapote, and abiu. Fruit description The shape and size of the fruit is highly variable, depending on the cultivar. The better selections consistently produce large, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
