The saporta,sapodilla or bully tree ,which is commomly called saporta in India,belongs to the family Saportaceae.It is a tropical tree native to Tropical America.
It is a tropical fruit which likes warm,moist weather.It thrives in places where maximum and minimum temperature do not go beyond 34 degree C and 11 degree C.It does nit like hot dry summer.It can be grown in places where the temperature touches the freezing-point only for short period.It grows on hills in South India up to a height of 1000 metres,but it does not do well above 500 meters.It thrives in areas with 100 to 150 cm. rainfall.It can grow in a variety of soils ,but sandy soils the plants are uprooted by strong winds.
The tree bears fruit.Some uses the milky latex from the bark of the yields an important commercial product ,gutta percha which forms the base for the manufacture of chewing-gum.
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