A genus of tropical trees, particularly the sapodilla tree, cultivated for its sweet edible fruit.
From Portuguese or Tupi indigenous languages where 'sapota' or similar words refer to these fruits, adopted into scientific Latin nomenclature in the 17th century.
Achras sapota (sapodilla) produces a fruit with a flavor described as 'brown sugar with notes of cinnamon'—it's been cultivated for thousands of years in Mesoamerica but remains relatively unknown outside tropical regions!
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