Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen

 

Family: Sapotaceae

Synonym: Lucuma zapota (L.) Urb. 

Vernacular name: Chiku,Sapodilla,Sapota

Habit: tree

Habitat: Open areas

Distribution:  India, Tropical America

Flowering and Fruiting: August - October. 

Key identification features: A small, evergreen tree having a crown of branches with milky latex in young parts. Leaves are elliptic-lanceolate, smooth shining, dark green above and pale beneath arranged almost in whorl manner at the apex of branches. Flowers pale yellow, clustered at the apex of branches. Fruit a berry, globose, rusty and sweet scented when ripe

Uses: fruit edible