While living in Mexico for a year, I discovered this fabulous fruit: mamey sapote. On the surface, there's nothing impressive about it—it just looks like a big kiwi—but you have to open it to discover ...

Key West built a firehouse in 1908. A few years later, someone planted a mamey tree in the yard alongside it. Now that tree is now getting some special attention. Alex Vega spent three years early in ...

Also known by its scientific name, Pouteria sapota, mamey sapote is a type of tree found throughout Mexico and Central America. It produces large fruit with a soft, creamy texture, vibrant orange hue, ...

Mamey sapote is a lesser-consumed tropical fruit with a distinctive phytochemical profile rich in dietary fiber, carotenoids, ...

This Central American native has made only moderate inroads into the general North American market. But it's a major crop in northern South America, Central America, the West Indies and, increasingly, ...

As people become more interested in the health benefits of obscure plants, mamey fruit is getting some attention. About the size of a large mango, mamey has a tough, sandpapery skin. When you cut ...