Achras zapota

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Noun1.Achras zapota - large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruitAchras zapota - large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras
sapodilla plum, sapota, sapodilla - tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp
fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit
genus Manilkara, Manilkara - genus of large evergreen trees with milky latex; pantropical
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Refrigerated ripe sapodillas (Achras zapota L.) (15[degrees] to 21[degrees]Brix) (length of 68.60 [+ or -] 3.1mm, diameter of 68.1 [+ or -] 2.2mm) were randomly purchased at local supermarkets (in Recife-PE, Brazil).
(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) on sapodilla (Achras zapota) in northern India and Pakistan.
Among 52 plant species tested, aqueous extract of Acacia nilotica, Achras zapota, Datura stramonium, Emblica officinalis, Eucalyptus globules, Lawsonia inermis, Mimusops elengi, Peltophorum pterocarpum, Polyalthia longifolia, Prosopis juliflora, Punica granatum, Sygigium cumini revealed significant antifungal activity against one or the other Aspergillus species tested.
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