Annonaceae Annona squamosa L.

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

Keywords in this picture :

• Fruit
• Flower & fruit
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Annandale Falls - GRENADA
• Grand Etang - GRENADA
• Mt. Hartman Estate - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Like A.reticulata but with blunter leaf tips, waxy-glaucous below, and the fruit has pronounced bumps. Fts to 12cm. Flowers up to 15mm long, elongated.

Interest
Squamosa - (known in East as Custard apple) Sweetsop or sugar apple W.Indies and S.America. The ripe fruit is eaten throughout the tropics.

Specimen information

Collector
Hawthorne, W.D.

Specimen Number
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