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
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