noun

• The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.
• Sapotaceae species:
• Manilkara zapota, sapodilla, naseberry, native to Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize, and possibly El Salvador.
• Pouteria campechiana, yellow sapote, native to Mexico and Central America.
• Pouteria sapota, mamey sapote, from southern Mexico to northern South America.
• Pouteria viridis, green sapote, native to lowland southern Mexico.
• Ebenaceae species:
• Diospyros digyna, black sapote, from eastern Mexico south to Colombia.
• Diospyros texana, chapote, is native to the lower Rio Grande valley region in Texas and Mexico.
• Rutaceae species:
• Casimiroa edulis, white sapote, native to northern and central Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala.