Sentences with word «zapote»

Plants and trees are labeled (in Spanish), and there is an area with zapote trees, from which gum (chicle) is extracted.

Chico zapote produces pole beams of tremendous strength and a wood that contains triterpenoids which make it resistance to termites and rot.

Sapodilla, Sapote Tree: «ya» in Mayan: Manilkara (Achras) zapote, Manlikara chicle (chicle macho): Family Sapotaceae BEACHCOMBERS TIP: On the leeward beaches of Ambergris Caye, and especialy in the bush at Basil Jones, this tree is very common.

The zapote tree has been prized for construction by the Maya since ancient times and zapote beams have been found intact in Mayan ruins.

The zapote beams in the soaring Now Sapphire ceilings were harvested and transported from the forests of Chetumal, a city which gives its name to a large bay at the border with Belize.

The de-barked trunks of chicle trees (zapote - a native hardwood) have been used to hold up the beams which are carved from the same wood.