Annonaceae Annona squamosa L.

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Keywords in this picture :

• Flower
• 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

Collection Date
22/06/2001

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, S.Cable & D. Jules

Specimen Number
624

Location
Roadside near Grand Etang.

Notes
Tree 4 m tall. LEAVES: vegetable smell when crushed; US midrib and secs slightly channelled; LS midrib and secs prominant. FLOWERS: yellow-green. FRUIT: green, imm. (RHS colour code: Leaf upper =137A, below=138B)

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.060000 N   Longitude: 61.420000 W   Altitude: 600