About Black Sapote
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.
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