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Accession Data:

Diospyros nigra (J.F.Gmel.) Perrier

  • Common Name: Black Sapote, Chocolate Pudding Fruit
  • Family: Ebenaceae Gurke

  • Country of Origin: Mexico to Colombia
  • Habitat: coastal lowlands

  • Description: A usually large, green-skinned fruit about the size of an apple. Flesh turns dark brown/black when ripe. Pulp both looks and tastes somewhat like chocolate pudding. Black sapote's make a wonderful dessert fruit.
  • Uses: Eaten fresh or used in desserts. Black sapote mousse's, cakes, custards are popular dishes where black sapote's are grown.
  • Culture: Large tree to 80ft. Full grown trees can survive to 28F. Trees are not too particular about soil and nutrient support. Fruits ripen in winter but depending on the tree may fruit a few months earlier or later. Fruits are best picked and eaten when fully ripe, the pulp becomes soft and pudding like at this stage.
    Propagation: Usually grown from seeds which make it to bearing age in 5-6 years.
  • USDA Zone: 10b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199900008
  • Source: John Maugeri
  • Accession Date: 05-13-1999
  • Bench: 1309 - NEOA: Ground Bed 1 SW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-08-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: asterids
  • Order: Ericales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Ebenaceae
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • Edible Plants
  • Plants with Edible Fruits
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Colombia

References (external):

    Fruit Database - Tradewinds Fruit - site visited 9/13/01
  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, January 04, 2017.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, January 04, 2017.
  3. Morton, J. 1987. Black Sapote. p. 416–418. In: Fruits of warm climates. Julia F. Morton, Miami, FL.

data regenerated on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:58:45 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Ebenaceae

  • Diospyros kaki
  • Diospyros nigra
  • Euclea racemosa
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