Mamey sapote

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Name Variations

 * mammee
 * mamey
 * mammey apple

About Mamey sapote
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The mamey sapote (Pouteria sapota) is a fruit common in many Latin American countries and widely enjoyed by Cubans living in Cuba and south Florida. It is eaten raw out of hand or made into milkshakes, smoothies and ice cream. It is The large tropical fruit, native to the New World, yields edible pulp that's tangerine in color. With a flavor similar to that of the peach, mammey turns up most often as jam.

The fruit's texture is creamy and sweet. To tell when a mamey sapote is ripe peel off a fleck of the skin to see if it is pink underneath.

The mamey sapote is related to other sapotes such as the abiu and canistel but unrelated to the black sapote and white sapote.