Pouteria sapota

Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Zapote for Sapote (from Nahuatl tzapotl) or Sapodilla in English [Pouteria sapota]. The zapote flavor is a mix of sweet potato, pumpkin, honey, peach, apricot, cantaloupe, cherry, and almond. The zapote fruit shown here is also known as sapote mamey in other parts of Latin America … Read more