Tropical Zone Gardening: Fruit tree seedling ID needed please., 1 by DebSTX

DebSTX wrote:
Think you're in my neck of the woods now Braveheartsmom. I believe what you have is a Mammee Apple or Pouteria sapota, a great favorite of the Caribbean. Will grow to 50'. Good dessert fruit. Richness can be balanced with a squeeze of lime. We do a lot of limin' here.

I have a Manikara zapota here. We call it Sapodilla, or more commonly in Crucian, Mesple. Tastes like brown sugar. Also grows to large tree. Beautiful. Our wild fruit usually takes 7 years to produce. We have very poor soil. Interesting about Mesple is the sap is called chicle, the stuff chewing gum is made of.

Here's one of mine. Good find!!