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30. SUNZAPOTE 



Licania platypus 



This fruit is poor in flavor and seldom eaten except when no 

 other fruit is available. The tall, handsome tree grows in 

 profusion in the lowlands of Central America. The elongated 

 young leaves are red or purple, the fruit is very large, with a 

 rough, brownish rind, and the stringy flesh is deep yellow, 

 juicy and sweet. Other names for the sunzapote are sunza, 

 SunganOy and sangre (Costa Rica). 



