Annonaceae
Annona

Annona squamosa L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 537 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Colombia. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as animal food, a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food.

Descriptions

Annonaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Much branched shrub or small tree 3–6 m. tall.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-blades oblong, elliptic-oblong, oblong-lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 7–17 cm. long, 3–5.5 cm. wide, obtuse or subacute at the apex, rounded or cuneate at the base, glabrous above, slightly pubescent or glabrescent beneath; petiole 0.4–1 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Outer petals green, purple at the base, oblong, 1.6–2.5 cm. long, 6–7.5 mm. wide, keeled inside; inner petals reduced to minute scales or absent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits globose or conical, 5–10 cm. long and wide, formed of loosely cohering or almost free carpels, the rounded ends projecting to render the surface tuberculate; surface greenish-yellow with a powdery bloom; pulp white tinged yellow.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds dark brown.
Habitat
Abandoned cultivations and other places near the sea on sandy soil overlying coral rock; 0–7.5 m.
Distribution
T6 Z now widely cultivated in the tropicsnative of the W. Indies
[FTEA]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean. Elevation range: 200–1300 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Shrub.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
Vernacular
Anón, Anón caucano, Anón de verruga, Anona, Riñón, Saramuyo
[UPFC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 200 - 1300 m.; Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Valle del Cauca.
Morphology General Habit
Arbusto
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/146787183/146787185

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
anón, anón borroñoso, anón de verruga, anón morado, anón rosado, anón verrugoso, anoncito, riñón
[UNAL]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals linear or oblong, the inner ones minute
Morphology Leaves
Fruit syncarpous, fleshy, indehiscent, ovoid-globose or cylindrical, made up of rather loosely cohering carpels with projecting rounded ends. Leaves subglabrous or sparsely hairy
Distribution
Cultivated at least in southern Somalia.
Vernacular
Sweetsop, sugar apple, custard apple (English)
[FSOM]

Uses

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Fuel
Used for fuels.
Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.
Use Social
Social uses.
[UPFC]

Common Names

English
Sugar Apple

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0