Black sapote
Diospyros nigra (J.F.Gmel.) Perr.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- —
- wide
- —
Ebenaceae
Also called Black soapapple, Chocolate pudding fruit
Formerly Diospyros digyna, Diospyros edulis, Diospyros obtusifolia, Diospyros sapota, and 3 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico to ColombiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Wikipedia, not yet checkedOne source. Checker: Wikipedia page does not state medium: it gives no water rating, only drought sensitivity and flood tolerance
- Coldest it survives
- -3 °C (USDA zone 9b)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: height, spread, flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 黑柿
- Spanish
- Zapote prieto
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.0
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