🎨 AI-generated botanical illustration
🍎 Mamey Sapote
Pouteria sapota
fruits
Evergreen Tree
Sapotaceae
☀️ Sun
Full Sun
💧 Water
Moderate
🗺️ Zones
9-11
🧪 Soil pH
6.0-7.0
🪴 Soil Type
Well-draining, fertile
🚿 Drainage
Well-drained
📏 Spacing
25-35 ft
📐 Height
40-60 ft
🤝 Companions (2)
🤝 Avocado
Both large tropical fruit trees
🤝 Banana
Banana as nurse crop for young mamey
⚠️ Keep Apart (3)
⚠️ Fennel
Allelopathic - may inhibit growth
⚠️ Mint
Aggressive mint competes for resources
⚠️ Walnut
Susceptible to juglone toxicity from walnut trees
📝 Growing Notes
Creamy, salmon-pink flesh unlike any other fruit. Sweet potato meets pumpkin with almond notes. Cuban milkshake essential.
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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