Annona Squamosa

Scientific Name: Annona squamosa

Common Name: sugar apple

Symbol: ANSQ

Category: Dicot

Genus: Annona

Family: Annonaceae

Family Common Name: Custard-apple family

Order: Magnoliales

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Kingdom: Plantae

Duration: Perennial

Growth Habit: Tree

Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N), VI (N)

Flower Color: Yellow

Flower Conspicuous: Yes

Foliage Color: Green

Foliage Texture: Coarse

Fruit Color: Green

Edible: yes

Sweetsop

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Scientific Name: Annona squamosa

Common Name(s): Sweetsop

Edible: yes

Medicinal: no

Parts Used: fruit

Logos 13 Aug, 2008	CAUTION--The ground seeds are extremely dangerous to the eyes.
Current Rating: 0.0000

Logos 13 Aug, 2008	Description: This tree is small, seldom more than 6 meters tall, and multi-branched. It has alternate, simple, elongate, dark green leaves. Its fruit is green when ripe, round in shape, and covered with protruding bumps on its surface. The fruit's flesh is white and creamy.
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Logos 13 Aug, 2008	Habitat and Distribution: Look for sweetsop at margins of fields, near villages, and around homesites in tropical regions.
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Logos 13 Aug, 2008	Edible Parts: The fruit flesh is edible raw.
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Logos 13 Aug, 2008	Other Uses: You can use the finely ground seeds as an insecticide.
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