PI. 261 
A TROPICAL PERSIMMON. 
(Diospyros ebenaster Retz. See S. P. I. No. 44187.) 
The black sapote belongs to the same genus as the wild persimmon of 
the eastern United States and the kaki or Japanese persimmon. 
It comes from the Philippines, but is not grown in many parts of 
tropical America. It has fruited successfully in southern Florida. 
The specimens here shown are unusually fine ones, grown in the 
irrigated region near Tehuantepec, in southern Mexico. The fruit is 
green externally and contains dark-brown pulp, which makes a most 
delicious dessert when beaten with orange juice. (Photographed by 
Wilson Popenoe, at Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, August 9, 1918; 
P17662FS.) 
