Sapote

Sapote Fruit Trees

Sapote is a name used for a group of tropical to temperate fruit trees grown for their fruit. All excellent fruit trees, although not all really directly related. Used as a dessert fruit the varieties do differ in taste. Plants commonly called Sapote have different botanical names however are related. Not widely grown in Australia it would seem that potential exists for more commercial use of these plants as a food crop.

Although they are closely related to the Persimmon, they are unique in growth habit and fruit texture and flavour. Some species are more suited to cooler climates, other require warmer tropical climates to perform at their best.

Varieties include

• Black Sapote (Diospyros digyna) also known as the Black Persimmon or Chocolate Pudding Fruit.
• Yellow Sapote (Pouteria campechiana) or Canistel
• White Sapote (Casimiroa edulis)
• Mamey Sapote – Pouteria sapota.

Information and Care

The yellow and black varieties are really sub tropical trees, however in the right conditions they have been grown in southern states. Black Sapote is called the chocolate pudding fruit or tree, its fruit really does have a chocolate taste.

White sapote has a sweet fruit that goes well with ice-cream. Yellow sapote is sometimes called ‘egg fruit’, the fruit having the texture of a boiled egg and tastes a little like a cross between passionfruit and paw paw.

Sapote Trees are available for sale from the following nurseries

TREE GROWERS NURSERY - Phone 0490206035 
Lot 522 Pavans Access Grassy Head NSW 2441
Fruit trees specialising in Avocados, Custard apples, Persimmons, Jackfruit,Black Sapote and Pomegranates. Online sales and Wholesale.
www.treegrowers.com.au