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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 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 × 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 ]
New leaves are whitish below. [12] Leaves are single and alternate, dark green, and slightly hairy on the top surface. [9] They attach to branches with stout 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) long and densely hairy leaf stalks. [11] Cherimoya trees bear very pale green, [12] fleshy flowers. They are 3 cm (1.2 in) long [10] with a very strong, fruity ...
The acetogenin compounds, which occur in the fruit, seeds, and leaves of many Annonaceae, including soursop (Annona muricata), are neurotoxins and seem to be the cause of a neurodegenerative disease. The disorder is a so-called tauopathy associated with a pathologic accumulation of tau protein in the brain.
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 in Hyderabad. Annona muricata Annona ambotay Aublet Annona paludosa Aublet Annona is a genus of trees in the Annonaceae family. 173 species are accepted as of September 2024.
Annona squamosa flower Scientific classification; Kingdom: Plantae: Clade: ... The family and this subfamily are based on the type genus Annona. Tribes and genera