What is Sapote?
'''Sapote''' (from [[Nahuatl]] '''''tzapotl''''')<ref>{{cite journal |jstor=451954 |title=Nahuatl Words in American English |first=George |last=Watson |journal=American Speech |volume=13 |number=2 |date=April 1938 |pages=113–114|doi=10.2307/451954 }}</ref> is a word for a soft, edible [[fruit]]. The word is part of the names of several plants from [[Mexico]], [[Central America]] and northern parts of [[South America]] that have fruits. Some but not all sapotes come from the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Sapotaceae]]: * Sapotaceae sapotes: ** Sapodilla (''[[Manilkara zapota]]'') is native to Mexico, [[Guatemala]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Belize]], and possibly [[El Salvador]]. ** Yellow sapote (''[[Pouteria campechiana]]'') is from Mexico and Central America. ** Mamey sapote (''[[Pouteria sapota]]'') is from southern Mexico to northern South America. ** [[Green sapote]] (''Pouteria viridis'') is native to lowland southern Mexico. * [[Ebenaceae]] sapotes: ** Black sapote (''[[Diospyros digyna]]'') is from eastern [[Mexico]] south to Colombia. This is probably the original [[Aztec]] ''tzapotl''. ** Chapote (''[[Diospyros texana]]'') is from the lower [[Rio Grande]] valley region in Texas and Mexico * Other sapotes ** White sapote (''[[Casimiroa edulis]]'': [[Rutaceae]]) is from northern and central Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?9292 |title=Casimiroa edulis |work=[[Germplasm Resources Information Network]] |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |accessdate=2009-03-26 |archive-date=2011-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605223348/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?9292 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ** [[South American sapote]] (''Quararibea cordata'': [[Malvaceae]]) is from the [[Amazon rainforest]]s of [[Brazil]], Colombia, [[Ecuador]], and [[Peru]]. <gallery> File:Diospyros digyna 2.jpg|Black sapote File:Casimiroa edulis4.jpg|White sapote File:Zapotes.jpg|South American sapote File:Vi