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A. muricata flower. Soursop (also called graviola, guyabano, and in Latin America guanábana) is the fruit of Annona muricata, a broadleaf, flowering, evergreen tree. [4] [5] It is native to the tropical regions of the Americas and the Caribbean and is widely propagated. [5] It is in the same genus, Annona, as cherimoya and is in the Annonaceae ...
The generic name derives from anón, a Hispaniolan Taíno word for the fruit. [6] Paleoethnobotanical studies have dated Annona exploitation and cultivation in the Yautepec River region of Medicoto to approximately 1000 BC. [7] Plants of the genus have several common names, including sugar-apple, soursop, anona, chrimoya and guanabana.
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.
Custard apple is a common name for several fruits and may refer to Annonaceae, the custard apple family, [1] which includes the following species referred to as custard apples: Annona cherimola, a tree and fruit also called cherimoya [2] Annona muricata, a tree and fruit also called guanábana or soursop [3]
Annona montana, the mountain soursop, is a tree and its edible fruit in the Annonaceae family native to Central America, the Amazon, and islands in the Caribbean. It has fibrous fruits. [ 4 ] A. montana may be used as a rootstock for cultivated Annonas .
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. [1]
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Annonamine is a benzylisoquinoline alkaloid isolated from Annona muricata [1] (commonly known as soursop, graviola, guanabana, paw-paw and sirsak), a plant commonly used in folk medicine by indigenous communities in Africa and South America. [2] Structurally, it contains an aporphine core featuring a quaternary ammonium group.