Fruits & Vegetable week-Manilkara zapota - Chikoo

[Prashant awale]

Dear Friends,

This one is a Fruit.

Bot. name: Manilkara zapota

Family: Sapotaceae

Common name: Chikoo, Sapodilla plum.

regards
Prashant

[Balkar Arya]

This Tree is being planted in haryana now days at large scale

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

[nabha meghani]

Any special reason Balkar ji?

[Balkar Arya]

Yes Meghani Ji 

Due to regular attack of many fungal diseases in rice wheat cropping system people are shifting slowly slowly towards hort crops. This plant yields fruits earlier than many large hort crops/trees. It is in great demand particularly for kitchen gardens.

[nabha meghani]

Thank you for the interesting information!

Nalini

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From: Balkar Arya

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Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 1:10 PM

Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:58947] Fruits & Vegetable week-Manilkara zapota - Chikoo

[Dinesh Valke]

CULTIVATED :: Sapotaceae (sapota family) » Manilkara zapota
Synonyms: Achras zapota, Manilcara achras, Manilkara chiku, Sapota achras


man-il-KAR-uh -- Latinized form of the South American vernacular name for Malabar; also spelled Manilcara
zuh-POH-tuh -- from the South American vernacular name sapota


commonly known as: beef apple, chicle, chico sapote, chicozapote, chiku, naseberry, noseberry, sapodilla, sapodilla plum • Bengali: সপেটা sapeta • Hindi: चिकू chikoo, sapota • Konkani: चिक्कू chikku • Marathi: चिकू chiku, चिक्कू chikku • Tamil: cappotta, சீமையிலுப்பை cimaiyiluppai • Telugu: sapota, సీమ ఇప్పచెట్టు sima ippacettu


Native of: tropical America