1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
1.3 Origin
China, Korea
Hybrid origin, Mexico, Central America, South America
1.4 Types
Not Available
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
All sorts of environments, Fertile bottom land, Well Drained
Coastal Regions
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1.9 Habit
Oval or Rounded
Upright/Erect
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
550.00 cm150.00 cm
0.54
3900
2.1.2 Minimum Width
550.00 cm60.00 cm
0.1
6350
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
2.2.3 Fruit Color
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Yellow, Light Yellow, Yellow green
Green, Dark Green
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Not Available
Green, Dark Green
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
Spring, Winter
Spring, Summer, Fall
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Early Spring, Early Winter, Winter, Late Winter
Indeterminate
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
4.2 How to Plant?
Budding, Seedlings
Grafting, Seedlings
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Does not require lot of watering, Water more frequently during periods of extreme drought
Needs more water during establishment
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
4.5.2 Soil Type
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
4.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
4.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Pinch or prune as they grow to promote branching and bushiness
4.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, Apply N-P-K, fertilize in growing season
14-14-14 Fertilizer, Compost
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Pests and diseases free, Red blotch
Anthracnose, Aphids, Red blotch, Rust
4.10 Plant Tolerance
Drought, Full Sun
Heat Tolerance, Salt and Soil Compaction
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
5.2.2 Edible Fruit
5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
5.4 Showy Foliage
5.5 Showy Bark
5.6 Foliage Texture
5.7 Foliage Sheen
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
Birds
Aphids, Not Available, Squirrels
5.12 Allergy
Not Available
Stomach pain, Vomiting
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose
Used in parkland
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Anti-ageing, Blackheads, Reduce Bruises
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Shadow Tree, Soil protection
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
antimicrobial, Gastrointestinal disorders, Ulcers
Dehydration, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Nutrients, Weight loss
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
6.2.3 Other Uses
Sauces, Sometimes used for making wine
Application in Handicrafts, Food for animals, Showy Purposes
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Feature Plant, Fruit / Fruit Tree, Shade Trees, Street Trees
Edible, Herb, Vegetable
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
PRUNUS mume
Manilkara zapota
7.2 Common Name
Japanese Apricot
sapodilla , chikoo, Sapota
7.2.1 In Hindi
7.2.2 In German
japanische Aprikose
Breiapfelbaum
7.2.3 In French
abricot japonais
Sapotillier
7.2.4 In Spanish
albaricoque japonés
chicle
7.2.5 In Greek
Ιαπωνικά Βερίκοκο
sapodilla
7.2.6 In Portuguese
Apricot japonês
sapodilla
7.2.7 In Polish
japońska morela
Pigwica właściwa, sapodilla
7.2.8 In Latin
Persicum Italica
sapodilla
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Tracheophyta
Magnoliophyta
8.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
8.4 Order
8.5 Family
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
8.8 Tribe
8.9 Subfamily
Not Available
Sapotoideae
8.10 Number of Species