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Annona - Photo (c) David Foster, all rights reserved, uploaded by David Foster C
Genus Annona Info
Annona is a genus of flowering plants in the pawpaw/sugar apple family, Annonaceae. It is the second largest genus in the family after Guatteria, containing approximately 166 species of mostly neotropical and afrotropical trees and shrubs. The generic name derives from anón, a Hispaniolan Taíno word for the fruit. Paleoethnobotanical studies have dated Annona exploitation and cultivation in the Yautepec River region of Medicoto approximately 1000 BC. It has seve (Wikipedia)
Soursop - Photo (c) Arturo Arenas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Arturo Arenas CC
Soursop (Annona muricata) Info
Soursop is the fruit of Annona muricata, a broadleaf, flowering, evergreen tree. The exact origin is unknown; it is native to the tropical regions of the Americas and is widely propagated. It is in the same genus, Annona, as cherimoya and is in the Annonaceae family. (Wikipedia)
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Pond Apple (Annona glabra) Info
Annona glabra is a tropical fruit tree in the family Annonaceae, in the same genus as the Soursop and Cherimoya. Common names include pond apple, alligator apple (so called because American alligators often eat the fruit), swamp apple, corkwood, bobwood, and monkey apple. The tree is native to Florida in the United States, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and West Africa. It is common in the Everglades. The A. glabra tree is (Wikipedia)
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Sweetsop (Annona squamosa) Info
Annona squamosa is a small, well-branched tree or shrub from the family Annonaceae that bears edible fruits called sugar-apples or sweetsops. It tolerates a tropical lowland climate better than its relatives Annona reticulata and Annona cherimola (whose fruits often share the same name) helping make it the most widely cultivated of these species. Annona squamosa is a small, semi-(or late) deciduous, much branched shrub or small tree 3 metres (9.8 f (Wikipedia)
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Cherimoya (Annona cherimola) Info
The cherimoya (Annona cherimola), also spelled chirimoya and called chirimuya by the Inca people, is an edible fruit-bearing species of the genus Annona from the family Annonaceae, which generally is thought to be native to Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia then transported to the Andes and Central America. Today, cherimoya is grown in tropical regions throughout the world. (Wikipedia)
Mountain Soursop - Photo (c) Rich Hoyer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Rich Hoyer CC
Mountain Soursop (Annona montana) Info
Annona montana or Mountain soursop is an edible fruit and medicinal plant in the Annonaceae family native to Central America, the Amazon, and islands in the Caribbean. It has fibrous fruits. A. montana might find its greatest impact as rootstock for cultivated Annonas. The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains. (Wikipedia)
Wild Sweetsop - Photo (c) Sierra Eco, all rights reserved, uploaded by Sierra Eco C
Wild Sweetsop (Annona reticulata) Info
Annona reticulata is a small deciduous or semi-evergreen tree in the plant family Annonaceae. It is best known for its fruit, called custard apple, a common name it shares with fruits of several other species in the same genus: A. cherimola and A. squamosa or sometimes it is called wild-sweetsop, bull's heart, bullock's-heart, or ox-heart. The flavor of the fruit is sweet and pleasant, but less popular than that of A. cherimola (Wikipedia)
Wild Custard-Apple - Photo (c) Ton Rulkens, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) CC
Wild Custard-Apple (Annona senegalensis) Info
Annona senegalensis, commonly known as African custard-apple, wild custard apple, and wild soursop, is a species of flowering plant in the custard apple family, Annonaceae. The specific epithet, senegalensis, translates to mean "of Senegal", the country where the type specimen was collected. (Wikipedia)
Soncoya - Photo (c) Reinaldo Aguilar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) CC
Soncoya (Annona purpurea) Info
Annona purpurea is an edible fruit and medicinal plant in the Annonaceae family. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America. Its common names include soncoya, sincuya, and cabeza de negro. It is a small to medium tree reaching a maximum of 6 to 10 metres (20 to 33 ft). It is deciduous with hairy leaves and large, strong-scented flowers. (Wikipedia)
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Biriba (Annona mucosa) Info
Rollinia deliciosa is a species of flowering plant in the custard-apple family, Annonaceae, that is native to tropical South America. It is cultivated for its edible fruits, commonly known as biribá or wild sugar-apple, throughout the world's tropics and subtropics. (Wikipedia)
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Ilama (Annona macroprophyllata) Info
Annona macroprophyllata is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico. Bioactive molecules extracted from the leaves have been reported to have alpha-glucosidase inhibitor activity. (Wikipedia)
Annona crassiflora - Photo (c) Marcos Silveira, all rights reserved, uploaded by Marcos Silveira C
Annona crassiflora Info
Annona crassiflora, commonly known as marolo, araticum cortiça, araticum do cerrado or bruto, is a flowering plant in the Annonaceae family. The flowers of a marolo look like jellyfish wearing hats, and the fruits are sweet and very rough. It is native to Brazil and Paraguay and the fruit is eaten by native peoples in the Brazilian Cerrado. Although it is considered to have potential for cultivation, it has not been domesticated to date. (Wikipedia)
Annona coriacea - Photo (c) Carleandro de Souza Dias, all rights reserved, uploaded by Carleandro de Souza Dias C
Annona coriacea Info
Annona coriacea (araticum in Portuguese) is a fruit tree native to Brazil. Its original habitat includes the ecoregions of Cerrado, Caatinga, and Pantanal. Its wood is used in constructions and toys. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. (Wikipedia)
Annona longiflora - Photo (c) guadalupe_cornejo_tenorio, all rights reserved, uploaded by guadalupe_cornejo_tenorio C
Annona longiflora Info
Annona reticulata is a small deciduous or semi-evergreen tree in the plant family Annonaceae. It is best known for its fruit, called custard apple, a common name it shares with fruits of several other species in the same genus: A. cherimola and A. squamosa or sometimes it is called wild-sweetsop, bull's heart, bullock's-heart, or ox-heart. The flavor of the fruit is sweet and pleasant, but less popular than that of A. cherimola (Wikipedia)
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Atemoya (Annona × atemoya) Info
The atemoya, Annona × cherimoya, or Annona squamosa × Annona cherimola is a hybrid of two fruits – the sugar-apple (Annona squamosa) and the cherimoya (Annona cherimola) – which are both native to the American tropics. This fruit is popular in Taiwan, where it is known as the "pineapple sugar apple" (鳳梨釋迦), so is sometimes wrongly believed to be a cross between the sugar-apple and the pineapple. In Cuba it is known as anón, and in... (Wikipedia)