Achras

ACHRAS (ak’-ras) zapota. A large evergreen tree of tropical America where it is grown in frost-free regions for its edible fruit. Its common names are Marmalade-plum and Sapote. Do not confuse it with another tree so closely related that it was formerly called by botanists Achras sapota, but which is now Sapota achras, the Sapodilla.

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