His boss was Mexican President Santa Anna ... in the rainforest for the 4-month-long rainy season when the Sapodilla sap flowed. Trees slashed using sharp machetes could be tapped only five ...

You see, the sap of this Mexican and Central American plant was the original source for chicle used to make chewing gum – a process discovered by the Mayan Empire. Sapodilla tree’s small ...

The Mexican government had only recently regained control of Quintana Roo, which had the largest stands of sapodilla trees, after nearly a half century of Maya resistance. During this Caste War ...

He fought the Spanish and led the Mexican army in the country’s fight ... A supply of chicle: the flavorless, chewy sap of the sapodilla tree, which, like many in Mexico, Santa Anna was fond ...

Ancient Greeks munched bark. For centuries the Mayans and Aztecs chewed chicle, a resin from the Mexican sapodilla tree that arrived in New York in the 19th century. It was the Americans who found ...

Managing sapodilla farms requires expert knowledge and patience to cultivate the best-quality fruit. Farmers nurture the trees throughout the growing season, ensuring the soil, climate ...

But like the sapodilla trees that can live for hundreds of years ... The modern chewing gum was created by American scientist Thomas Adams in the 19th century after former Mexican leader Antonio Lopez ...

Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota), also known as chikoo, is a brown, oblong fruit that tastes like a brown sugar-coated pear. The trees grow in tropical areas and are rich in latex. When picking the ...