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Sapota Plant


  • Common Name: Sapota

  • Family: Sapotaceae

  • Facts: In India it is cultivated for fruits which are liked all over the country. The fruit is a fleshy berry, variable in shape, size and weight (75-150g).
    The skin is thin, rusty brown somewhat scurfy looking like Irish potato, and the pulp soft, melting, crumbling with a sandy or granular texture with 1-5 hard, black seeds.
    The fruit is a good source of digestible sugar (12-18%) and an appreciable source of protein, fat fibre ad minerals, Calcium and Iron. It has become a very popular fruit crop in Gujarat,
    Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.