What is Diospyros nigra?
{{speciesbox |image = Diospyros nigra Blanco2.372-cropped.jpg |genus = Diospyros |species = nigra |authority = ([[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|J.F.Gmel.]]) [[Alfred Perrier|Perrier]] |synonyms = {{Collapsible list |''Diospyros digyna'' {{Au|[[Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin|Jacq.]]}} |''Diospyros edulis'' {{Au|[[Joachim Conrad Loddiges|Lodd.]] ex [[Robert Sweet (botanist)|Sweet]]}} |''Diospyros nigra'' {{Au|[[Francisco Manuel Blanco|Blanco]]}} |''Diospyros obtusifolia'' {{Au|[[Carl Ludwig von Willdenow|Willd.]]}} |''Diospyros obtusifolia'' {{Au|[[Carl Sigismund Kunth|Kunth]]}} |''Diospyros revoluta'' {{Au|[[Jean Louis Marie Poiret|Poir.]]}} |''Diospyros sapotanigera'' {{Au|[[Augustin Pyramus de Candolle|DC.]]}} |''Diospyros tliltzapotl'' {{Au|[[Martín Sessé y Lacasta|Sessé]] & [[José Mariano Mociño|Moc.]]}} |''Sapota nigra'' {{Au|J.F.Gmel.}} }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=TPL>{{cite web | title = ''Diospyros nigra'' (J.F.Gmel.) Perrier | url = http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2770214 | work = [[The Plant List]] | access-date = 5 August 2014 | archive-date = 25 March 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190325071702/http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2770214 | url-status = dead }}</ref> }} The '''black sapote''' (''Diospyros nigra''), also known as the '''chocolate pudding fruit''', '''black soapapple''' and (in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]) '''''zapote prieto''''', is a species of [[persimmon]]. The tropical fruit tree is native to eastern [[Mexico]], the [[Caribbean]], [[Central America]], and into [[Colombia]]. The common name sapote refers to any soft, edible fruit. Black sapote is not related to [[white sapote]] nor [[mamey sapote]]. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Ebenaceae]] [[Category:Tropical fruit]] {{biology-stub}}