Manikara zapota L called as Chickle tree, Sapodilla, Sapota the fruit is with highly nutritional and medicinal values.Because of the high moisture and nutrient content of the fruit. Sapodilla is specially prone to post harvest diseases
Postharvest life of Sapota is very short due to its highly perishable nature and other many reasons such as quick ripening, faster senescence, rapid loss of moisture, microbial spoilage, and fruit sensitivity to cold storage.Although the fruit can be stored under refrigeration, the fact is, it is susceptible to chilling injury .
in Sri Lanka, it is not commercially grown though it is rich with many nutritional values.
The shelf life of sapota fruit could be increased up to 49 days by packaging in 25 μ LDPE bags with gas concentration 5% O2 + 10% CO2 and stored at 6°C with another three days to become fully ripe under ambient conditions. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270953459_Effect_of_Modified_Atmosphere_Packaging_on_Shelf_Life_of_Sapota_Fruit
Check on this paper.
https://www.ijcmas.com/9-11-2020/Joseph%20K.%20Beikhosia%20and%20Vijaya%20Rawat.pdf
thank you so much for the valuable thoughts Kiprotich Kiptum Chinaza Godswill Awuchi
El-Mogy ref. is peer rev'd. & renowned. Nat. Inst. Health NIH has ppr for jam. Remove pectin from that process it becomes a chutney. I am not familiar with plant but brief search indicates not indigenous to Sri Lanka ? Tamarind flavored?
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