Diospyros digyna

Diospyros digyna
Black Sapote
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ebenaceae
Genus: Diospyros
Species: D. digyna
Binomial name
Diospyros digyna
Jacq.
Synonyms

Diospyros ebenaster Retz.
Diospyros nigra (Blanco) Blanco
Diospyros nigra Perrott
Diospyros obtusifolia Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd.

Whole and opened ripe fruits

Black Sapote is a species of persimmon that is native to eastern Mexico and Central America south to Colombia. Other names include Chocolate Pudding Fruit, Chocolate Persimmon and (in Spanish) Zapote Prieto. In south Florida it is also sometimes confused with the Coco Fruit, a toxic relative that can cause insanity[citation needed]. It is unrelated to the mamey sapote (Sapotaceae), and the white sapote (Rutaceae). Mature trees can grow to over 25 m (82 ft) in height and are evergreen. It is frost sensitive. The leaves are elliptic-oblong, tapered at both ends, dark green, glossy, and 10–30 cm (3.9–12 in) long. The trees are dioecious, with individual trees bearing only female or male flowers.[1]

Black Sapote fruit are tomato-like and measure 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) in diameter, with an inedible skin that turns from olive to a deep yellow-green when ripe and an edible pulp that turns from white when unripe to a flavor, color and texture often likened to chocolate pudding when ripe. The texture can be related to that of a papaya.

References

  1. ^ Ledesma, Noris (Winter / Spring 2009). "Tropical Cuisine". The Tropical Garden. http://www.fairchildgarden.org/uploads/illumanet/publications/winter%2009%20web2.pdf. Retrieved 26 October 2011. 

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