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Annona reticulata is a small deciduous or semi-evergreen tree in the plant family Annonaceae. [5] It is best known for its fruit, called custard apple, [2] a common name shared with fruits of several other species in the same genus: A. cherimola [6] and A. squamosa. [7] Other English common names include ox heart and bullock's heart.
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]
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 .
Annonaceae (custard apple family) 853 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) Asimina: pawpaws; Asimina angustifolia: slimleaf pawpaw Annonaceae (custard apple family) Asimina incana ...
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]
Scientific classification; ... The creamy texture of the flesh gives the fruit its secondary name, the custard apple. ... The tree thrives throughout the tropics at ...
Annona muricata is a species of the genus Annona of the custard apple tree family, Annonaceae, which has edible fruit. [4] [5] The fruit is usually called soursop due to its slightly acidic taste when ripe.
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. [5] The generic name derives from anón, a Hispaniolan Taíno word ...