🌿 Botanical Name
Manilkara zapota
👨‍👩‍👦 Family
Sapotaceae.
🗣️ Vernacular Names
Sapota, Chikku.
🌼 Flowering – Fruiting
More or less throughout the year.
🌍 Distribution
Native of Tropical America.
💡 Status
Least Concern.

Description: An evergreen tree, with milky latex. Leaves simple, clustered at the ends of the branches, elliptic or oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate, shining. Flowers greenish white, solitary or in pairs. Fruit ovoid or ellipsoid berry, with rusty-brown skin.

Uses: Usually cultivated for its edible fruits.