Sapote

Sapote

Black sapote
Type	Fruit
Region or state	Mexico, Central America and northern parts of South America

Sapote (/səˈpoʊtiː, -eɪ, -ə/;^[1][2][3] from Nahuatl: tzapotl^[4]) is a term for a soft, edible fruit.^[1] 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.^[1][5] It is also known in Caribbean English as soapapple.^{[citation needed]}