sapote

Sapote or zapote (; from ) is a term 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.

== Species == === From Sapotaceae === Some, but not all sapotes, come from the family Sapotaceae: Sapodilla, also called naseberry (Manilkara zapota) is native to Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize, and possibly El Salvador. The Sapotaceae were named after a synonym of this species. Yellow sapote (Lucuma campechiana) is native to 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.