Heart balata or Manilkara zapota is a tropical fruit with extensive utility and important developing value. The results of research show that China's heart balata resource is distributed mostly in the central south of Guangxi, Yunnan, Guangdong, south of Fujian, Hainan and Taiwan, which can be divided into three natural cultivation areas. Cultivars can be grouped into the ellipse fruit, round fruit, and taper fruit by fruit shape. Heart balata resource is little, and improved cultivars are few. Commercial cultivation is not systematic. Processing and utilization has not yet started. Therefore,...
