Other names: Yellow Sapote, Eggfruit, Cupcake fruit

Origin: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and El Salvador

Tree Height: 20-25 ft.

Season: November - March

Cold Hardiness: 20° - 30ºF

Fruit Description: The fruit, extremely variable in form and size, may be nearly round, with or without a pointed apex or curved beak, or may be somewhat oval, ovoid, or spindle-shaped. It is often bulged on one side and there is a 5-pointed calyx at the base which may be rounded or with a distinct depression. Length varies from 3-5 in. and width from 2-3 in.. The flesh is somewhat pasty, although the best varieties have a creamy, mousse-like texture. Fully mature fruit shows an intense yellow skin color.

More Info: The fact that the canistel is not crisp and juicy like so many other fruits seems to dismay many who sample it casually. Some take to it immediately. During World War II when RAF pilots and crewmen were under training in the Bahamas, they showed great fondness for the canistel and bought all they could, find in the Nassau market.

Pouteria campechiana (commonly known as the canistel) is an evergreen treenative to, and cultivated in, southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador.[3] It is cultivated in other countries, such as Costa Rica, Brazil, the United States, the Dominican Republic, Australia, Cambodia,[4] Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and the Philippines. The edible part of the tree is its fruit, which is colloquially known as an egg fruit.[4]

The canistel grows up to 10 m (33 ft) high, and produces orange-yellow fruit, also called yellow sapote, up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long, which are edible raw. Canistel flesh is sweet, with a texture often compared to that of a hard-boiled egg yolk, hence its colloquial name "eggfruit". It is closely related to the lucuma, mamey sapote, and abiu.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pouteria_campechiana