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These trees can be found in Yucatan, Belize and N. Guatemala
The sapodilla trees have to be seventy years old before they can be tapped for sap
Yucatan
Sapodilla tree
Sapodilla tree
Pile of today's gum
The Sapodilla Tree
In 1943 US imported a record of 9000 tons of trees from Mexico
13 pounds of the sapodilla chicle would be about five thousand pieces of gum