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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]
Apple skins and seeds contain polyphenols. [90] These are oxidised by the enzyme polyphenol oxidase , which causes browning in sliced or bruised apples, by catalyzing the oxidation of phenolic compounds to o-quinones , a browning factor. [ 91 ]
Cherimoya seeds are poisonous if crushed open. [3] Like other members of the family Annonaceae, the entire plant contains small amounts of neurotoxic acetogenins, such as annonacin, [3] which appear to be linked to atypical parkinsonism in Guadeloupe. [15] Moreover, an extract of the bark can induce paralysis if injected. [3]
Pepin Heights Orchards delivered the first Honeycrisp apples to grocery stores in 1997. [6] The name Honeycrisp was trademarked by the University of Minnesota, but university officials were unsure of its patent status in 2007. [7] It is now the official state fruit of Minnesota. [8] A large-sized honeycrisp will contain about 116 kilocalories ...
Black-Eyed Peas. In the Southern United States, the tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day for luck remains strong. Its roots are global: As early as 500 A.D., eating black-eyed ...
Each seed is individually wrapped inside an orange-yellow pulp. This sweet-tart fruit claims our top spot of the highest fiber-containing fruit, boasting 24.5 g of fiber for every cup (236 g).
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]
It is larger than many apples, weighing as much as 1 kilogram (2.2 lb), often pear-shaped but sometimes roughly spherical. [2] The seeds contain nitriles, common in the seeds of the rose family. In the stomach, enzymes or stomach acid or both cause some of the nitriles to be hydrolysed and produce toxic hydrogen cyanide, which is a volatile gas ...