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Har Mahdeem - "The Sapotaceae Family of Fruit Trees"

When
Friday, May 09, 2014
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Location
Mounts Botanical Garden Auditorium, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33415

Har Mahdeem is speaking on
“The Sapotaceae Family of Fruit Trees” 7:30 PM in Mounts Botanical Garden Auditorium, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33415

Members of the Sapotaceae family grown in

South Florida for their edible fruits are:
Sapodilla: Manilkara zapota
Star-apple: Chrysophyllum cainito
Canistel / Eggfruit: Pouteria campechiana
Mamey Sapote: Pouteria sapota
Miracle Fruit: Synsepalum dulcificum
Green Sapote: Pouteria viridis
Abiu: Pouteria caimito
The Sapotaceae family name is derived from
zapote, an Aztec word for soft, sweet fruit
and “latinized” by Linnaeus as sapota.