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Sapote (from Nahuatl ''tzapotl'') 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. Some but not all sapotes come from the family Sapotaceae: * Sapotaceae sapotes: * * 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. * Ebenaceae sapotes: * * Black sapote (''Diospyros nigra''), from eastern Mexico south to Colombia, is probably the original Aztec ''tzapotl''. * * Chapote (''Diospyros texana'') is native to the lower Rio Grande valley region in Texas and Mexico * Other sapotes * * White sapote (''Casimiroa edulis'': Rutaceae) is native to northern and central Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala. * * South American sapote (''Quararibea cordata'': Malvaceae) is native to the Amazon rainforests of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. File:Diospyros digyna 2.jpg|Black sapote File:Casimiroa edulis4.jpg|White sapote File:Zapotes.jpg|South American sapote File:Vietnamese Sapote.JPG|''Lòng mứt'', a kind of Vietnamese sapote File:Mamey.jpg|Mamey sapote File:Manilkara zapota.jpg|Sapodilla File:Canistel-2.jpg|Yellow sapote ==References== es:Zapote nah:Tzapotl 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sapote」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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