Mangosteen, cherimoya, soursop, sugar apple

[Caz]

Thanks everyone - guanabana, nispero, anon, sapodilla - I'll hunt them down!

[Chirimoya]

Not sapodilla (known in the DR as níspero) - and don't forget zapote!

[Caz]

I've started - had a superb zapote today!

[Tropicdude]

Zapote is called Mamey in the US, heres a run down on Zapote / sapote


Black Sapote / Zapote Negra / Sapote Chocolate ( Diospyros digyna)



You can get these at "Superplants" Autopista Duarte in Villa Altagracia area, I have one growing in a pot, supposedly you can blend it up with some honey and make a "chocolate shake"



This link to a clip of someone showing a Black Sapote on youtube.
YouTube - Black Sapote in Mexico

Green Sapote (Pouteria viridis )



Mamey ( Pouteria sapota )

This is the one thats common here in the D.R. and known simply as Zapote.

Ross Sapote, ( Pouteria sp )

Seen these in Florida, but not in the D.R. pretty sure they could grow here also.

White Sapote (Casimiroa edulis )

again another variety I have seen in Fla. but not in the D.R.

Sapodilla, Nispero, (Manilkara zapota, Achras sapota )


These are the famouse Nispero, that everyone here seems to love, but nobody seems to plant. I had a big tree in my back yard in Hollywood Fla, Hurricane Wilma almost finished it off, but it is growing back now.

Sorry if all the pictures slow your browsing, but I felt a picture is worth a thousand words, and it can help prevent confusion as to what fruit we are talking about.

[suarezn]

Great pics tropicdude. It's funny cause I grew up in The DR and you always heard about Nispero and Caimito and you'd never seem to find them anywhere. Believe it or not this is the first time I see what a Nispero looks like. Zapote (Mamey) is my favorite when it comes to smoothies

[AlterEgo]

Originally Posted by suarezn

Great pics tropicdude. It's funny cause I grew up in The DR and you always heard about Nispero and Caimito and you'd never seem to find them anywhere. Believe it or not this is the first time I see what a Nispero looks like. Zapote (Mamey) is my favorite when it comes to smoothies

If there's a 'season' for nispero, it must be March, because when we were there this past March it seemed everyone and their brother was selling them at traffic lights on 27 de Febrero. My husband bought a lot of them and was in heaven. A lot of Dominican cherries around at the same time.

[Caz]

Thanks everyone and especially Tropicdude for the pics - very helpful to know what you should be looking out for. Does anyone know the name of the very small green round fruit on the end of a long whippy stalk that is sold in bunches like bouquets - it has a shell and large seed?

[El_Uruguayo]

Limoncillos? I think that's what they're called.

[Caz]

Thank you - another for the list!

[sarge]

limonicillos are delicious, especially if you like tangy fruit. but beware, they leave awful stains on your clothing that don't come out