Sapote - wikipedia Sapote 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. It is also known in Caribbean English as soapapple. 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. Black sapote White sapote South American sapote Lòng mứt, a kind of Vietnamese sapote Mamey sapote Sapodilla Yellow sapote References Jump up ^ Watson, George ( April 1938 ). `` Nahuatl Words in American English ''. American Speech. 13 ( 2 ) : 113 -- 114. doi : 10.2307 / 451954. JSTOR 451954. Jump up ^ `` Casimiroa edulis ''. Germplasm Resources Information Network ( GRIN ). Agricultural Research Service ( ARS ), United States Department of Agriculture ( USDA ). Retrieved 2009 - 03 - 26. This page is an index of articles on plant species ( or higher taxonomic groups ) with the same common name ( vernacular name ). If an internal link led you here, you may wish to edit the linking article so that it links directly to the intended article. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sapote&oldid=854078487 '' Categories : Set indices on plant common names Nahuatl words and phrases Hidden categories : All set index articles Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français Nāhuatl Norsk Русский Simple English Tiếng Việt Edit links This page was last edited on 8 August 2018, at 20 : 31 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: what is the english name of sapota fruit
Answer: soapapple