A tropical American fruit tree (genus Casimiroa) that produces sweet, creamy fruits similar to avocados, also called white sapote.
Named after Casimiro Gómez Ortega, a Spanish botanist of the 18th century, following Linnaeus's convention of naming plants after scientists and patrons who advanced botanical knowledge.
This tree was named to honor a botanist, but the fruit inside is so creamy and delicious that Aztec people called it by a different name entirely — a reminder that scientific names sometimes obscure the indigenous wisdom about plants!
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