evidence: Sapodilla trees are native to tropical regions of Southern Mexico, Northwestern Guatemala, and Northern Belize and have been growing wild since ancient times. The evergreen trees spread across Central America in the early ages through human cultivation, animal feces, and natural propagation and were also introduced into the Caribbean, Florida Keys, and regions of South America. Sapodilla was brought to the Philippines sometime in the 17th century and was planted throughout Southeast Asia in the 18th and 19th centuries. Today Sapodilla trees are commercially cultivated in Mexico, India, Guatemala, and the Philippines and are also grown in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Central and South America, Australia, South Africa, and in Florida of the United States.