What is "tropical apricot"

The tropical apricot or ketcot is a hybrid thorny shrub cultivated for its fruit. It arose naturally in Florida, and in 1953 selected plants were propagated.

Tropical apricot is a fruit and the plant that produces it, a hybrid between Dovyalis hebecarpa and D. abyssinica. It can also refer to other plants:

• Mammea americana
• Myrciaria glomerata