# Id this Colombian fruit from vague description? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 29, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-colombian-fruit-from-vague-description/617180 "2012-03-29T17:37:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-colombian-fruit-from-vague-description/617180/1 "2012-03-29T17:37:54Z")
No pics, sorry. It might have been a persimmon or a plum. It had a taste and texture similar to them. I think it was maybe orange-ish in color, and it was about the size of a plum. I think there was one seed that was mostly flattish. Anyone??? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-colombian-fruit-from-vague-description/617180/2 "2012-03-29T18:03:42Z")
My personal guess would be some variety of [sapote.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapote) I enjoyed Colombian food when I visited there. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-colombian-fruit-from-vague-description/617180/3 "2012-03-29T18:24:36Z")
I was going to say, maybe sapote or tamarillo [Tamarillo - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarillo) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-colombian-fruit-from-vague-description/617180/4 "2012-03-29T18:31:37Z")
I suspect based on the info it might have been some kind of sapote. I remembered that you twisted the fruit and scooped out the insides. The flesh was apparently inedible. I said “one” seed, but I did not eat a whole fruite, just part of one. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-colombian-fruit-from-vague-description/617180/5 "2012-03-29T20:38:04Z")
Hmmmm… That fits a sapote… but also… What were the insides like? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-colombian-fruit-from-vague-description/617180/6 "2012-03-29T20:45:40Z")
There’s the “zapote negro”, which IS a kind of \*black \*persimmon found in jungly places from southern Mexico to the Amazon. Tastes just like a “normal” orange persimmon, too, and has that same slightly slimy texture to the fruit. The _regular_ sapote, “chicozapote”, is more of a brown color, and is not related to the persimmon. It’s the tree we get chicle gum from. Its fruit is sweet and slightly grainy, like a pear’s. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-colombian-fruit-from-vague-description/617180/7 "2012-03-29T20:50:14Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > The _regular_ sapote, “chicozapote”, is more of a brown color, and is not related to the persimmon. It’s the tree we get chicle gum from. Its fruit is sweet and slightly grainy, like a pear’s. From Google Images, this looks like it might be it. It did have a somewhat grainy texture.