sapodilla tree

• Árbol tropical de hoja perenne (Manilkara zapota), originario de Centroamérica y el Caribe, cultivado por sus frutos dulces, marrones y granulosos, y por el látex llamado chicle que se extrae de su corteza.

A tropical evergreen tree (Manilkara zapota) native to Central America and the Caribbean, cultivated for its sweet, brown, gritty-textured fruit and for the chicle latex extracted from its bark.

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   A long-lived evergreen tree native to southern Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, known for its sweet, brown, gritty fruit and its latex used to make chicle.

   Árbol de chicozapote

   • The sapodilla tree can grow up to 30 meters tall.
   • Farmers harvest the fruit of the sapodilla tree in late autumn.
   • The sapodilla tree's latex was traditionally used to make chewing gum.