Origin: Tropical America. Thick, a beautiful tree with thick shiny green leaves. Out of the Milky juice (latex) is natural rubber, the foundation for chewing gum. In addition, Sportive tree fruit in abundance. Fruits grayish-brown, with rough surfaces. His exquisite taste like pears soaked in syrup of brown sugar. Fruit on a part resembling a small brown mango, eat only when fully ripe. After the removal of skin from a dense red-brown flesh cut into slices, which are often attached to decorative form? In favorable conditions, seedling tree may grow to 17-25 meters, but lack of the necessary conditions grows no more than a large bush. Fruit with short breaks throughout the year. Fruit round or oval, 5-10 cm long and weighing 100-170 g. The ripe dim light or rusty brown thin skin, the flesh of brown, with yellow or pink tinge, soft, delicious sweet. Immature - solid and binding to the taste. 
Each fruit contains 2-3 solid black glossy ovals, slightly bones 1, 5-2 cm long. The seeds are easily separated from the flesh.
Grows in tropical and subtropical zones. It can grow in the greenhouse and potted culture like at home. Actively cultivated in India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. There are many cultivars of this species.
Evergreen, elegant, slow-growing tree, one of the most interesting among the fruit. Foliage glossy, bright green looks very decorative. Flowers small, inconspicuous, resembling small bells. Fruits 5-10 cm in diameter, covered with brown skin. The flesh is the color from yellow to shades of brown, sometimes reddish-brown. To taste a little reminiscent of juicy pear. Each fruit contains dark-brown grains, from 3 to 12 pieces. Each.
Indoor cultivation
Planting the seeds produced at any time of the year, best in spring or summer. The seeds sprout at a temperature of 23-27 oC 15-30 days.
Lighting. Prefers sunny and warm location.
This tree thrives in tropical humid jungles, so perfectly adapted to the warm and humid conditions. Good fruit under regular irrigation and very tolerant of shade. Sapota undemanding to irrigation and can make short-term drought. Increase watering during the flowering and fruiting. Perfectly grown in well-drained alluvial (alluvial), and loamy soils with a high content of organic matter. Mandatory conditions for the culture of home-good drainage. Does not require trimming.
