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Sapote or zapote^[1] (/səˈpoʊtiː, –eɪ, –ə/;^[2][3][4] from Nahuatl: tzapotl^[5]) is a term for a soft, edible fruit.^[2] The word is incorporated into the common names of several unrelated fruit-bearing plants native to Mexico, Central America and northern parts of South America.^[2][6]

Some, but not all sapotes, come from the family Sapotaceae:^{[7]: 515, 519}

• Sapodilla,^[4][5] also called naseberry (Manilkara zapota) is native to Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize, and possibly El Salvador. The Sapotaceae were named after a synonym of this species.
• Yellow sapote (Lucuma campechiana) is native to Mexico and Central America.
• Mamey sapote (Pouteria sapota) is from southern Mexico to northern South America.^[8]
• Green sapote (Pouteria viridis) is native to lowland southern Mexico.

• 
  Manilkara zapota, Hồng xiêm, a kind of Vietnamese sapote^{[citation needed]}
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  Pouteria sapota, mamey sapote
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  Manilkara zapota, sapodilla
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  Lucuma campechiana, yellow sapote

• Black sapote (Diospyros nigra: Ebenaceae),^[2] from eastern Mexico south to Colombia, is probably the original Aztec tzapotl.^{[citation needed]}
• White sapote (Casimiroa edulis: Rutaceae)^[2] is native to northern and central Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala.^[9]
• South American sapote (Quararibea cordata: Malvaceae)^[6] is native to the Amazon rainforests of Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
• Sun sapote (Moquilea platypus: Chrysobalanaceae) is native to southern Mexico south to Colombia.

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  Casimiroa edulis, white sapote
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  Quararibea cordata, South American sapote

• Chapote (Diospyros texana: Ebenaceae) is native to the lower Rio Grande valley region in Texas and Mexico