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    Communities > Forums > Plant Identification
    Forum: Plant IdentificationReplies: 6, Views: 50
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    onalee
    Brooksville, FL (Zone 9a)

    July 28, 2012 9:02 AM

    Post #9221392

    Does anyone know the variety of this sapote? It has orange flesh and takes like cooked, sweet, butternut squash. It has one seed and the fruit is about the size of a baseball, although more oblong.

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    trackinsand
    mid central, FL (Zone 9a)

    July 28, 2012 9:43 AM

    Post #9221429

    it's possible that pictures of the leaves and entire plant would help. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/adv_search.php?searcher[com...
    onalee
    Brooksville, FL (Zone 9a)

    July 28, 2012 10:50 AM

    Post #9221498

    It's a sapote - I don't have the plant, just the fruit. I already looked at the sapote on this site, but didn't see any with that color flesh.

    This message was edited Jul 28, 2012 12:51 PM
    DreamOfSpring
    Charleston, SC (Zone 8b)

    July 28, 2012 10:58 AM

    Post #9221503

    color and size of fruit can be influenced by things such as age (of the fruit) and environmental factors.
    chedderpink
    Anacortes, WA

    July 28, 2012 12:17 PM

    Post #9221575

    Plant the seed and wait. ;))) barb
    onalee
    Brooksville, FL (Zone 9a)

    July 29, 2012 7:35 PM

    Post #9223092

    Don't want to plant the seed until I know if the fruit and seeds are valuable and viable in my area. Don't have enough room or time to waste on things that I can't sell or won't mature in my zone, unfortunately. :)
    onalee
    Brooksville, FL (Zone 9a)

    July 29, 2012 9:01 PM

    Post #9223170

    After finally getting home and off dial-up I was able to research more easily. I believe I found that it is a Mamey Sapote. Thanks for the help!

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