Common Name
Monkey Apple
Family
CHRYSOBALANACEAE
Select
Trees Tree-like Palms & Bamboos
Spanish Name
Sonzapote, Zapote cabelludo, Sangre
- Has been cultivated in costa rican house gardens because of its edible fruit . But also grows naturally in lowlands
- Potential species for ecological restoration and food forests, replacing grasslands
- Pollinated by moths, seed dispersed by arboreal mammals PROPAGATION: Seeds