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Annona montana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae;
(unranked):	Angiosperms;
(unranked):	Magnoliids;
Order:	Magnoliales;
Family:	Annonaceae;
Genus:	Annona;
Species:	A. montana;
Binomial name
	Annona montana; Macfad.
Synonyms
	Annona marcgravii Mart.; Annona muricata Vell.; Annona pisonis Mart.; Annona sphaerocarpa

Annona montana or Mountain soursop is an edible fruit and medicinal plant in the Annonaceae family native to Central America and islands in the Caribbean. Fibrous fruits that are considered to be inedible by the Jamaicans^[3] make a better juice. A. montana might find its greatest impact as rootstock for cultivated Annonas.^[4]

[edit] Common names

English: Mountain soursop, wild soursop
Czech: mountain soursop
German: Schleimapfel
Spanish: guanábana cimarrona, guanábana, guanábana de loma, guanábana de monte, guanábana de perro, taragus, turagua
Persian: ساپاديل كوهي
French: corossolier bâtard
Japanese: ヤマトゲバンレイシ
Hindi: पहाड़ी जार साप
Hungarian: hegyi annóna
Portuguese: araticum, araticum açú, araticum apé
Chinese: 山刺果番荔枝
Slovak: anona^[5]^[6]

[edit] Description

The tree somewhat resembles that of Annona muricata but has a more spreading crown and very glossy leaves. It is slightly hardier and bears more or less continuously.^[7]

Fruits: Nearly round, dark green skin that is covered with many short fleshy spines and about 15 centimetres (5.9 in) long. Yellow, fiberous pulp which is aromatic, sour to subacid and bitter and contains many light-brown, plump seeds.^[7]

[edit] Distribution

Found growing at altitudes from 0 metres (0 ft) to 650 metres (2,100 ft).^[7]

Native

Neotropic:

Caribbean: West Indies

Central America: Costa Rica, Panama

Western South America: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador^[1]

[edit] See also

List of plants of Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2002-02-05). "Taxon: Annona montana Macfad.". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?3490. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
^ W3TROPICOS. "Annona montana Macfad.". Missouri Botanical Garden Press. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/1600684. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
^ Cassidy, Frederic Gomes (2002). "Mountain Witch". A Dictionary of Jamaican English. University of the West Indies Press. ISBN 9766401276. http://books.google.com/books?id=_lmFzFgsTZYC&pg=PA308&lpg=PA308&source=web&ots=N6GytjVto9&sig=UDrzqHzk7dVzjn2Cc0-r-uUwnhU&hl=en.
^ Llamas, Kirsten Albrecht (2003). "Annonaceae". Tropical Flowering Plants: A Guide to Identification and Cultivation. University of the West Indies Press. ISBN 0881925853. http://books.google.com/books?id=WxW4Scq6kU8C&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&source=web&ots=8eyaEgaglR&sig=i5HuXuVeWt0qW3TdApMy4mwxbx4&hl=en#PPA60,M1.
^ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2007-11-21). "AGROVOC Thesaurus". AGROVOC. United Nations. http://www.fao.org/aims/ag_intro.htm?termid=12675. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
^ Bioversity International. "Result set for: Annonaceae Annona montana". New World Fruits Database. http://www.bioversityinternational.org/Information_Sources/Species_Databases/New_World_Fruits_Database/qryall3.asp?intIDSpecies=96. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c Morton, Julia F (1999-04-02). "Wild Custard Apple". New Crops. Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Purdue University. pp. 86–88. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/wild_custard_apple_ars.html. Retrieved 2008-04-18.

[edit] External links

Information related to Annona montana from Wikispecies.
Annona montana (TSN 18097). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 18 March 2008.

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[GRIN-0] Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2002-02-05). "Taxon: Annona montana Macfad.". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?3490. Retrieved 2008-04-18.

[MBG-1] W3TROPICOS. "Annona montana Macfad.". Missouri Botanical Garden Press. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/1600684. Retrieved 2008-04-18.

[Cassidy-2] Cassidy, Frederic Gomes (2002). "Mountain Witch". A Dictionary of Jamaican English. University of the West Indies Press. ISBN 9766401276. http://books.google.com/books?id=_lmFzFgsTZYC&pg=PA308&lpg=PA308&source=web&ots=N6GytjVto9&sig=UDrzqHzk7dVzjn2Cc0-r-uUwnhU&hl=en.

[Llamas-3] Llamas, Kirsten Albrecht (2003). "Annonaceae". Tropical Flowering Plants: A Guide to Identification and Cultivation. University of the West Indies Press. ISBN 0881925853. http://books.google.com/books?id=WxW4Scq6kU8C&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&source=web&ots=8eyaEgaglR&sig=i5HuXuVeWt0qW3TdApMy4mwxbx4&hl=en#PPA60,M1.

[AGROVOC-4] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2007-11-21). "AGROVOC Thesaurus". AGROVOC. United Nations. http://www.fao.org/aims/ag_intro.htm?termid=12675. Retrieved 2008-04-18.

[BI-5] Bioversity International. "Result set for: Annonaceae Annona montana". New World Fruits Database. http://www.bioversityinternational.org/Information_Sources/Species_Databases/New_World_Fruits_Database/qryall3.asp?intIDSpecies=96. Retrieved 2008-04-18.

[newcrops-6] Morton, Julia F (1999-04-02). "Wild Custard Apple". New Crops. Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Purdue University. pp. 86–88. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/wild_custard_apple_ars.html. Retrieved 2008-04-18.

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