It is a tropical american fruit containing a large, shiny brown seed. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles. The word is part of the names of several plants from mexico, central america and northern parts of south america that have. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. The chemical composition of the waste from mamey sapote pouteria sapota and its oil extracted from the seed msso of ripe and unripe fruits, was studied. Cryptocapsinepoxidetype carotenoids from red mamey. Pdf field trapping of anastrepha suspensa loew in groves of mamey sapote, pouteria sapota jacq. The flavor is a combination of sweet potato and pumpkin with undertones of almond, chocolate, honey, and vanilla.
Pouteria sapota is known for its edible fruits that contain unique carotenoids, as well as for its fungitoxic, antiinflammatory and antioxidant activity. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical regions of the world. Mamey is a unique fruit with an interior texture that is both creamy and sweet, the vibrant salmoncolored flesh is unlike anything most people have ever tasted. Pouteria sapota sapote, mamey sapote pfaf plant database. Sapotexanthin, an aprovitamin carotenoid from red mamey. Today, the tree is cultivated not only in cuba, but also in central america, the caribbean, and south florida for its fruit, which is commonly eaten in many latin american countries. Sapote simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Pouteria sapota is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 12. Sapote, mamey sapote pouteria sapota by oceanmystic oct 3, 2007 9.
Pouteria sapota in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. It is also found in puerto rico, cuba, the dominican republic, south america, and. High temperature 410 c causes drying of stigmatic surface. Red or mamey sapote, sapodilla, and star apple are common fruits in tropical america and in some other tropical and subtropical areas of the world. What could be more refreshing than fhe fruit shakes called batidos especially when theyre made with sweet. But at higher altitudes and in subtropics it produces only one crop an year with reduction in quality. Pouteria, some of which were retrieved and eaten, but some of which remai ned buried. Sapote from nahuatl tzapotl is a word for a soft, edible fruit. The tropical fruit from the sapodilla tree, manilkara zapota. Yummy santol fruit pickle pick santol fruit for pickle cooking with sros duration. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about sapote, mamey sapote pouteria sapota supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at daves garden. Tree information on growing, planting, pruning, maintenance, ripening, taste, pick or bonsai tips. Development of a large set of microsatellite markers in zapote mamey pouteria sapota jacq.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. A short video showing you how to eat a sapote and the health benefits. How to eat a pouteria sapota, chiku, mamey sapote youtube. Sapote, pouteria sapota description the sapote tree is erect, frequently to 60 ft 18 m sometimes to 100 or ft 30 or 40 m with short or tall trunk to 3 ft 1 m thick, often narrowly buttressed, a narrow or spreading crown, and white, gummy latex. Chapter 3 response of mamey sapote pouteria sapota trees to flooding in a calcareous soil in containers introduction mamey sapote pouteria sapota jacq. Tasted the fruit at tropical fruit world and was hooked.
Climate and soil sapota is a tropical fruit and can be grown up to 1200m. General information sapote is a handsome, evergreen tree with an open, spreading crown of a few large limbs. The fruit is 48 cm in diameter, has a fuzzy brown skin with very sweet earthybrown flesh. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Today, the tree is cultivated not only in cuba, but also in central america, the caribbean, and south florida for its fruit, which is. General information about pouteria sapota pojsa eppo global database. Pouteria sapota, the mamey sapote, is a species of tree native to cuba and central america, naturally ranging from southern cuba to southern costa rica, plus mexico. Mamey sapote recipes pouteria sapota noris ledesma, curator of tropical fruit.
Affordable and search from millions of royalty free images, photos and vectors. It has a thick trunk and narrow or spreading crown and presents white latex. Pouteria sapota wikispecies, free species directory. It has long been utilized as a common name for pouteria sapota jacq. The reddish orange fruit has a creamy consistency and is commonly eaten fresh and is also. Pouteria sapota is an evergreen tree growing to 25 m 82ft by 25 m 82ft at a medium rate. Pouteria is a genus of flowering trees in the guttapercha family, sapotaceae. Sapote, large evergreen tree of the sapodilla family and its edible fruit, native to central america. Media in category pouteria the following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total. In aztec or mayan language this fruit is called xox x.
Commonly, this genus is known as pouteria trees, or in some cases, eggfruits pouteria is related to manilkara, another genus that produces hard and heavy woods e. Very popular fruit in florida, the caribbean islands, and central america. Mamey sapote pouteria sapota daleys fruit tree nursery. Molecules free fulltext development of a large set of. Pdf host status of mamey sapote to caribbean fruit fly. But at higher altitudes and in subtropics it produces only one crop an year with reduction in quality and quantity. Mamey sapote is a tropical native from mexico and central america. The word sapote is believed to have been derived from the aztec tzapotl, a general term applied to all soft, sweet fruits. Physiological and growth responses of mamey sapote. It is sometimes cultivated outside of the americas. Botanical description the mamey sapote belongs to the family sa potaceae, which includes other fruits such as the sapodilla, achras zapota l. A taxonomic species within the family sapotaceae mamey sapote, a fruitbearing tree native to central america. The sapote pouteria sapota, which originates from the lower parts of central america, is a fruittree with tree pollination, which generally multiplies by seed.
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