Annonaceae

• Annona cherimola
• Annona muricata
• Annona purpurea
• Annona reticulata
• Artabotrys hexapetalus
• Cananga odorata
• Rollinia exsucca

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• Common Name: Cherimoya, Custard Apple
• Family: Annonaceae Juss.

• Country of Origin: Andes of Peru' and Ecuador
• Habitat:

• Description: The 'Cherimoya', a custard apple; woody tree to 8m high, briefly deciduous with sappy branches and luxuriant leathery leaves 25cm long, dull greem with pale veins, velvety on back; fragrant fleshy flowers 3cm long, directly from woody branches, yellow or brown-tomentose outside, whitish with purple spot inside; followed by large green conical fruit, 12cm or more long, containing large black seed, the skin looking like overlapping scales or knobby warts; the flesh creamy white, tasting like custard or bananas, and is eaten with a spoon; ripening winter into spring. For best success flowers are hand-pollinated. Also known as 'Fruit of the Incas'