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Sapote or tzapotl is a Nahuatl language word for a soft, edible fruit. The word is incorporated into the common names of several unrelated fruit-bearing plants native to Mexico, Central America and northern parts of South America.
- Black sapote Diospyros digyna, family Ebenaceae, a species of tree native to eastern Mexico and Central America south to Colombia
- Mamey sapote Pouteria sapota, family Sapotaceae, a species of tree native to southern Mexico and northern South America
- White sapote Casimiroa edulis, family Rutaceae, a species of tree native to eastern Mexico and Central America south to Costa Rica
