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Annona squamosa is a small, well-branched tree or shrub [7] from the family Annonaceae that bears edible fruits called sugar apples or sweetsops. [8] It tolerates a tropical lowland climate better than its relatives Annona reticulata and Annona cherimola [6] (whose fruits often share the same name) [3] helping make it the most widely cultivated of these species. [9]
Annona × atemoya Mabb. The atemoya , Annona × atemoya , 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 . [ 1 ]
Annona or Anona (from Taíno annon) is a genus of flowering plants in the pawpaw/sugar apple family, Annonaceae. It is the second largest genus in the family after Guatteria , [ 3 ] containing approximately 166 [ 4 ] species of mostly Neotropical and Afrotropical trees and shrubs .
Annona senegalensis, a tree and fruit called wild custard-apple [4] Annona squamosa , a tree and fruit also called sugar apple or sweetsop [ 5 ] Asimina triloba , [ 6 ] the "pawpaw", a deciduous tree, with a range from southern Ontario to Texas and Florida, that bears the largest edible fruit native to the United States or Canada.
Annona squamosa is a semi-evergreen shrub or small tree reaching 6-8 m tall. The fruit is usually round or oval, slightly pine cone-like, 6-10 cm diameter and weighing 100-230 g, with a scaly or lumpy skin. The fruit flesh is edible and white to light yellow.
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The Annonaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas [3] commonly known as the custard apple family [4] [3] or soursop family.With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, [5] it is the largest family in the Magnoliales.
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