Manilkara zapota (L.) P. Royen
Manilkara zapota (L.) P. Royen
Family: Sapotaceae
Chiku, Naseberry, Nispero, Sapota, Sapodilla
Local name (Kannada):
Habit: Tree
Distribution:
Native of South and Cemtral America
Use: Edible fruit.
Description:
Trees, 10-15 m high, young parts covered with brown hairs; exudation milky white. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, clustered towards the apex of branchlets; elliptic-obovate. Flowers white, solitary or in pairs from the axils of upper leaves. Sepals 6, 3+3. Corolla campanulate, lobes 6, irregularly 2-3 toothed. Stamens 6, inserted at the top of the corolla tube. Fruit a berry, 3.5-8 × 3-6 cm, ovoid or ellipsoid, scaly.