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Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen - syn. Achras zapota L. - Sapotaceae
sapodilla, naseberry, Breiapfelbaum, Kaugummibaum, Sapote, Sapotillbaum
Evergreen tree, 12-20m high, native to Central America and the Caribbean, cultivated for its fruits elsewhere.
The bark is rich in a white, gummy latex called chicle, used for the production of chewing gum. The sapodilla fruits owning a exceptionally sweet and malty flavor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manilkara_zapota
Of the 23 volatile compounds characterized in the headspace of fresh sapodilla fruit, the major components were ethyl acetate (29%), acetaldehyde (21%), benzyl alcohol (11%), an unknown compound (8.9%, destroyed mainly on heating), 2-butenyl benzene (7%), methyl acetate (2%), 3-(1-ethoxyethoxy)-2-methyl butanal (2%) and benzenediol (1%).
[Postharvest survey of volatile compounds in five tropical fruits using headspace-solid phase microextraction (HS-SPME). Laohakunjit, N., Kerdchoechuen, O., Matta, F. B., Silva, J. L., Holmes, W. E., HortScience, Vol.42(2), 2007, 309-314] http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/42/2/309.full
Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen as Achras sapota L., Tussac, F.R. de, Flore des Antilles, t.5 (1808)
http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=641326