Trees & Plants

Guanabana

Anoanaa

Annona muricata L.

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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uses: 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
english names: Guanabana · Prickly custard apple · Soursop
flowering fruiting: April - October NARAHDISAS .N/OAF NARAHDISAS
occurrence maldives: Occasional in