Black Sapote
Diospyros nigra
Found in disturbed suburban areas. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you
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Not native
Not native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
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Recorded in 2 Florida counties.
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
56CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL
Genus host records with ranges including FL · Diospyros
- Actias lunaLuna Moth
- Citheronia regalisRegal Moth
- Acronicta longaLong-Winged Dagger, Darkish Dagger
- Adoneta spinuloidesPurple-Crested Slug
- Amyelois transitellaNavel Orangeworm
- Antepione thisoariaVariable Antepione
- Artace cribrariusDot-Lined White Moth
- Automeris ioIo Moth
- Callophrys henriciHenry's Elfin
- Callosamia prometheaPromethea Silkmoth, Promethea Moth
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- Catocala piatrixThe Penitent, Penitent Underwing
- Cecrita guttivittaMaple Prominent, Saddled Prominent
- Cenopis reticulatanaReticulated Fruitworm Moth
- Clostera inclusaAngle-Lined Prominent, Poplar Tent Maker, Poplar Leaf-Tier
- Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
- Cossula magnificaPecan Carpenterworm Moth
- Cryptothelea gloveriiOrange Bagworm
- Dasychira leucophaeaPeppered Tussock Moth
- Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
- Euchlaena marginariaOchre Euchlaena
- Euclea delphiniiSpiny Oak-Slug Moth
- Eumarozia malachitanaSculptured Moth
- Euzophera semifuneralisAmerican Plum Borer
- Exelis pyrolariaFine-Lined Gray
- Gonodonta unicaUnica Fruit-Piercer
- Harrisimemna trisignataHarris's Three-Spot
- Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
- Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
- Hypocala andremonaHypocala Moth
- Hypsoropha hormosSmall Necklace Moth
- Hypsoropha monilisLarge Necklace Moth
- Iridopsis defectariaBrown-Shaded Gray, Willow Looper
- Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
- Lochmaeus manteoVariable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth
- Megalopyge crispataBlack-Waved Flannel Moth, Crinkled Flannel Moth
- Megalopyge opercularisSouthern Flannel Moth, Puss Caterpillar
- Monoleuca semifasciaPin-Striped Vermilion Slug
- Natada nasoniNason's Slug Moth
- Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
- Oiketicus abbotiiAbbot's Bagworm Moth
- Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
- Phobetron pitheciumHag Moth, Monkey Slug
- Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
- Prolimacodes badiaSkiff Moth, Skiff Caterpillar
- Renia adspergillusSpeckled Renia
- Sannina uroceriformisPersimmon Root Borer
- Seirarctia echoEcho Moth
- Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
- Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
- Synanthedon exitiosaPeachtree Borer Moth, Western Peachtree Borer
- Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
- Tolype velledaLarge Tolype, Large Lappet Moth, Vellada Lappet Moth
- Vanessa virginiensisAmerican Lady, American Painted Lady
- Xylophanes tersaTersa Sphinx
- Coptodisca diospyriella
- Gonodonta bidens
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
4BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Diospyros
- Sialia sialisEastern Bluebird
- Toxostoma curvirostreCurve-billed Thrasher
- Toxostoma rufumBrown Thrasher
- Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Ebenaceae
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Florida rank | Not available |
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| Global rank | Not available |
| FL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
Native alternatives
Find natives for your gardenSources
- Atlas of Florida Plants
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications