Occasional in Fruits are edible. It is a good source of carbohydrates, fibers, minerals and vitamins. The seeds are used as a fish poison and have insecticidal properties. The roots are antispasmodic and parasiticidal. Fruits and leaves have anticarcinogenic, antitumor, antispasm
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Fruits are edible. It is a good source of carbohydrates, fibers, minerals and vitamins. The seeds are used as a fish poison and have insecticidal properties. The roots are antispasmodic and parasiticidal. Fruits and leaves have anticarcinogenic, antitumor, antispasmodic, sedative and hepatoprotective effects. or to or ca.
family
Annonaceae
synonym
Annona bonplandiana Kunth, of Annona macrocarpa Werkle.
description
Trees to 10 m high, bark pale brown. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, × 7-15 3-5.5 cm, elliptic, oblong, obovate or elliptic-obovate, base acute, apex acute to acuminate; lateral veins 8-10 pairs; petiole 4-8 mm long, slender, grooved above. Flowers yellowish-green, solitary, axillary or from mature branches. Sepals 3, triangular, persistent. Petals 6 (3+3) ovate-acute, yellow, × thick, glabrous, outer ones 2.5-3.5 2-2.5 cm, base cordate, apex acuminate, inner petals ca. × 1.5 1 cm, shortly stipitate. Stamens many, 4-5 mm long, linear, filaments broad at base. × Fruit ovoid to obovoid, 15-25 10-15 cm, green, covered with curved spines, stalks 2-3 cm long, stout; seeds many, reddish-brown, ca. 1.5 cm long.
native range
Central America and West Indies Distriubution: Introduced and cultivated widely .N/OAF