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  • noun The tropical fruit from the sapodilla tree. The fruit is 4–8 cm in diameter, has a fuzzy brown skin with very sweet earthy-brown flesh.

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  • The valley is also known for the huge variety of native and introduced tropical fruits: Achras sapota, Manilkara achras, Chrysophyllum caimito, Pouteria cainito, Persea americana, Mammea americana, Anacardium occidentale, Carica papaya, Annona muricata, Manguifera indica and more.

    Sinú Valley dry forests 2008

  • Achras sapota, Cedrela adorata, Rhedia edulis and Enterolobium cyclocarpum are common species; (b) Premontane Moist, which is very rich in species; (c) Premontane Rain with very rough topography; and (d) Lower Montane Rain where stands of Clusia spp. occur, sometimes mixed with a few other species (including palms).

    Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica 2008

  • * Fruit of the sapodilla tree (Achras sapota); size of a small apple, rough-grained, yellow to greyish pulp.

    On Eating Apples 2009

  • These now include banana, coconut (Cocos nucifera), sweet potatoes, mango (Mangifera indica), chico (Pouteria sapota), yams, taro, millet, watermelon, and citrus and pineapples on more fertile islands.

    Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago tropical moist forests 2008

  • I had a sapota shake instead and tofu fried rice -- very tasty.

    New Vases 2007

  • Mango & coconut yum, love the flavors. we have a local indian ice cream store which churns out of the best Indianized icecreams like Ghulkand, saffron and sapota.

    Mango Coconut Icecream 2007

  • I had a sapota shake instead and tofu fried rice -- very tasty.

    not about birds -- about pottery 2007

  • I had a sapota shake instead and tofu fried rice -- very tasty.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • The Australian sapota fruit, Achras australis, BR.

    Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales 2003

  • Achras sapota, Sapodilla (4); Adansonia digitata, Baobob (8);

    12: Seeds and germplasm 1996

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  • The tropical fruit from the sapodilla tree. The fruit is 4–8 cm in diameter, has a fuzzy brown skin with very sweet earthy-brown flesh.

    October 26, 2021