A name for sapote. This is actually a different fruit from the black sapote, but black sapote is very often called sapote. The fruits of the sapote may be eaten raw and they are used for making ice creams and preserves as well as for flavouring sauces and in confectionary. In some parts of Mesoamerica, ground sapote seeds are used to give chocolate a bitter flavour.
A name for black sapote. The fruit of a tall, handsome tree with black bark, native to Mexico and the forested lowlands of Central America and was carried to many parts of the world by the Spaniards. On the tree, the fruit is shiny bright green, ripening to a muddy green. The swet-flavoured flesh is glossy, very dark brown and jelly-like, surrounding anything from none to ten flat smooth seeds.