Common in most of the inhabited islands Fruits are edible. It contains minerals, fibers, carbohydrates and vitamins. Roots are used to treat mental depression and spinal disorders. The seed oil is highly toxic and insecticidal. or
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Fruits are edible. It contains minerals, fibers, carbohydrates and vitamins. Roots are used to treat mental depression and spinal disorders. The seed oil is highly toxic and insecticidal. or
family
Annonaceae
synonym
Annona asiatica L., Annona cinerea Dunal
description
Trees to 7 m high. Leaves × simple, alternate, distichous, 5-17 2-7 cm, of ovate, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, base acute, cuneate, or round, apex acute fior obtuse, glaucous beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 8-12 pairs; petiole 6-20 mm long, stout, grooved above. Flowers bisexual, axillary, solitary or a few together, leaf-opposed; pedicels 1-3 cm long. Sepals × 3, 2-3 3-4 mm, broadly ovate, shortly acuminate, pubescent outside. Petals 6 × [3+3], outer 3 petals, 1.5-3 0.3-0.5 cm, linear-oblong, thick, greenish-white or yellow, reddish at base inside; inner three petals usually missing or rudimentary, ovate, ca. 1 mm long. Stamens many, anther thecae narrow, with ovoid top of connectives. Fruit an aggregate of berry, 6-10 cm across, ovoid, greenish, glabrous, tuberculate with rounded tips, glaucous, pulp white; seeds many, black, shiny.
native range
Central America and West Indies
distribution
Introduced and cultivated in the tropics
english names
Sugar apple · Sweet sop · Sweetsop-anon · Araticum