{"id":613,"date":"2024-04-18T11:55:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T15:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/?page_id=613"},"modified":"2026-08-20T15:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:00:29","slug":"mamey-sapote","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/resources\/plantid\/fruits-and-nuts\/mamey-sapote\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamey Sapote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plant Identification Learning Module:<br>Fruits &amp; Nuts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mamey Sapote (<em>Pouteria sapota<\/em>)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The tree is large, erect with an open form, and upright (to 40 feet) with a thick central trunk. Leaves are large and somewhat elongate (to 12 inches long and 4 inches wide),&nbsp;<em>obovate<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>oblanceolate<\/em>, clustering in&nbsp;<em>whorls<\/em>&nbsp;at the ends of small shoots. &nbsp;Brownish and&nbsp;<em>pubescent<\/em>&nbsp;when young, they are green, and&nbsp;<em>glabrous<\/em>&nbsp;when mature. Flowers are small,&nbsp;<em>perfect<\/em>, and white, to 2 inches, and also tend to cluster at the shoot tips. The fruit is a&nbsp;<em>berry<\/em>, 3-8 inches in length,&nbsp;<em>ovoid<\/em>&nbsp;in shape, with a&nbsp;<em>calyx<\/em>&nbsp;at the base. The skin is russet brown, thick, woody, and rough. The flesh is salmon pink, orange, red or reddish brown, smooth and soft to granular and contains usually 1 (but up to 4) large&nbsp;<em>elliptical<\/em>&nbsp;seeds which are hard, shiny and dark brown with a light brown scar. Mamey sapote grows only in the warmer areas of south Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/mamey_foliage.jpg\" alt=\"Foliage of mamey sapote\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>(cc) 2005, Tim McCormack. Taken at the United States Botanic Garden. This photo is licensed under&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/mamey_tree.jpg\" alt=\"Mamey sapota tree\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/mamey_fruit.jpg\" alt=\"Fruit of mamey sapote\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/mamey_flower.jpg\" alt=\"Flower of mamey sapote\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Coalition for Excellence in Tropical Botany<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/mamey_open.jpg\" alt=\"Mamey sapote fruit cut open\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">UF\/IFAS<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":437,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-613","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8831,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/613\/revisions\/8831"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}