About Black Sapote(Diospyros nigra)

The Black Sapote he tree is handsome, broad-topped, slow-growing, to 80 ft (25 m) in height, with furrowed trunk to 30 in (75 cm) in diameter, and black bark. The evergreen, alternate leaves, elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, tapered at both ends or rounded at the base and bluntly acute at the apex, are leathery, glossy, 4 to 12 in (10-30 cm) long. Propagation is usually from seed, which can retain viability for several months and require around 30 days for germination.

Some trees are seedless however, and can be propagated by air-layering or shield budding. .

Fruit Color : green skin and black pulp