Oh the diliciousness was 🤤 Probably native to the Yucatà n Peninsula of Mexico, northern Belize, and northeastern Guatemala. The tree was widely planted throughout tropical regions of Centeal America and the Caribbean long before the arrival of Europeans. During the great colonial interchange of fruit trees, sapodilla seeds were carried to Asia and Africa. today the tree is widely cultivated in India, Pakistan, and the Philippines. The flavorless and nontoxic latex of Sapodilla contains resins and rubber. The latex, called Chictli by the Mayans, was coagulated in the smoke of a fire; it was used for chewing and also for making rubberlike balls used in their famous ball games. Around 1866, samples of the dried latex arrived in the United States and were given to the son of Thomas Adams, who quickly realized the great potential of chicle-based chewing gum. Until about 1960 the latex from sapodilla trees was the only source of chewing gum, but it was later replaced by synthetic products. The dark red wood of sapodilla is very hard and durable, and fully resistant to termites. It was commonly used in Mayan temples, where pieces of it can still be seen today. ・・・ #growninhaiti #sapodilla #ManilkaraZapota #sapotaceae #haiti #ayiti #fruit #exoticfruit #tropical #tropicalfruit #yum #agroforestry #reforestation #diversity #preservation #mayan #chewinggum #chicle #nogmos #nopesticides #noherbicides https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu_8fP4jqBq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=naxmtk0i48xb
