Manilkara zapota
COMMON NAME | Sapodilla |
TYPE | Tree |
FAMILY | Sapotaceae |
NOTES | Sapodilla is an
ornamental evergreen tree with a dense, widely spreading crown that can grow
30 to ft tall in cultivation. tree
with a wide range of local uses as a food and medicine, it is also very
important commercially as the source of an edible fruit, a latex and a
timber. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Southern Mexico, Central America and
the Caribbean |
NATIVE HABITAT | A lowland and coastal
forests |
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