Type | Fruit |
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Region or state | Mexico, Central America and northern parts of South America |
Sapote (/səˈpoʊtiː, -eɪ, -ə/;[1][2][3] from Nahuatl: tzapotl[4]) is a term for a soft, edible fruit.[1] 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.[1][5] It is also known in Caribbean English as soapapple.[citation needed]
Some but not all sapotes come from the family Sapotaceae: