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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 . [ 2 ]
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 .
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 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.
Credit - Photo-Illustration by TIME; Capelle.r/Getty Images; Artfully79/Getty Images. W hen the German philosopher Immanuel Kant puzzled over why nature looks beautiful to us, he considered the ...
Annona: custard apples; Annona cherimola: cherimoya Annonaceae (custard apple family) Annona glabra: pond apple Annonaceae (custard apple family) Annona reticulata: custard apple; bullock's heart; bull's heart; cashiman; sitaphal; shareefah Annonaceae (custard apple family) Annona squamosa: sweetsop; sugar-apple Annonaceae (custard apple family ...
From there it was taken by Europeans to various parts of the tropics. Unlike other Annona species, [16] A. cherimola has not successfully naturalized in West Africa, [17] and Annona glabra is often misidentified as this species in Australasia. Native Neotropic: Western South America: Ecuador, Peru [2] [18] Current (naturalized and native)
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