Botanical Name: Casimiroa edulis
Common Name: White sapote
Type of Plant: dicot: tree
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an erect, mostly single-trunket tree, with ascending-spreading branches forming a large, oval-rounded canopy which can become umbrella-shaped with age; trunk is ash-gray, warty-rough on mature plants
Height 20'-30' (50')
Spread 2/3 - equal
Growth Rate mod. - rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full or partial sun
Soil tolerates most; likes moisture
Hardiness some frost (zones 15, 16, 22-24): prefers warm, coastal
 
Morphology:
Leaves palmately compound, alternate, 8" - 12" long; 5 leaflets; elliptic-lanceolate, 3"-6" long, shiny dark green with crenate margins
Flowers inconspicuous, greenish, 1/4" - 1/2" diameter, in short axillary or terminal panicles; late spring
Fruit a drupe; round, greenish-yellow, 3" - 4" diameter
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
an accent tree utilized for its form, foliage and fruit; fruit tastes somewhat like banana-peach; fruit production is heavy, therefore the plant is messy around patios; good for tropical-subtropical landscapes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering regular is preferred; tolerates drought after established
Fertilizing balanced, in spring; check for chlorosis in alkaline soil
Pruning head high when young to encourage umbrella-shaped canopy
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other Mexico
 
Origin: & Central America
Family: Rutaceae

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