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Sapodilla tree seeds (Manilkara zapota) - 50 pack
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Sapodilla tree seeds (Manilkara zapota) - 50 pack
Pack of 50 sapodilla tree seeds to plant. Fresh seed from this season with a high germination rate. The chicle or chicozapote (Manilkara zapota) is a tree of the sapotaceae family (formerly called Sapota zapotilla or Achras zapota) native to Mexico.
Tree that reaches up to 40 m in height, evergreen, simple leaves, sweetly scented solitary flowers, white corolla blooms from March to July, fruits in the form of berries, brown and rough skin, very sweet fleshy and juicy endocarp, black and shiny seeds It develops in tall evergreen and sub-evergreen forests, medium-sized sub-deciduous and sub-evergreen forests and in isolation among hydrophyte groups.
The fruit is prized for its pleasant flavor, latex is used to make chewing gum, its wood is used to build houses, piers, sleepers, posts, furniture, beams, saddles, etc. It is used as a shade tree in parks and gardens.
