| Annona reticulata |  | | Custard Apple or Wild Sweetsop | | Scientific classification | | Kingdom: | Plantae
| | (unranked): | Angiosperms
| | (unranked): | Magnoliids
| | Order: | Magnoliales
| | Family: | Annonaceae
| | Genus: | Annona
| | Species: | A. reticulata
| | Binomial name | Annona reticulata
L. |  | | Native range of A. reticulata | | Synonyms | | Annona humboldtiana Kunth
Annona humboldtii Dunal[1]
Annona excelsa Kunth
Annona laevis Kunth
Annona longifolia Sessé & Moc.
Annona riparia Kunth
Rollinia mucosa (Jacq.) Baill.[2]
Rollinia deliciosa Saff.
Annona mucosa Jacq.
Rollinia orthopetala A. DC.
Rollinia pulchrinervia A. DC.
Rollinia sieberi A. DC. [3] | Annona reticulata is a small deciduous or semi-evergreen tree in the plant family Annonaceae[4]. It is best known for its fruit, called Custard-apple, a name it shares with fruits of other species from the same genus: Annona cherimola[5] and Annona squamosa[6] or sometimes it is called wild-sweetsop. [edit] Common names - English: bullock's-heart, custard-apple, ox-heart, wild sweetsop
- French: annone réticulée, coeur de boeuf, cachiman, cachimantier, corossolier sauvage, cachiman créme
- German: Netzannone, Ochsenherz, Schleimapfel
- Portuguese: biribá, fruta-de-condessa, fruta-do-conde, biribarana
- Spanish: anona corazón, corazón de buey, mamán, cachimán, candón, cherimoya[1][7][3]
- Japanese: ギュウシンリ
- Indonesian: Srikaya, Buah Nona
- Malay: Buah nona, Lonang, Nona kapri
- Russian: Аннона сетчатая
- Thai: น้อยโหน่ง
- Vietnamese: Bình Bát
- Tamil: சீதா பழம்
- Telugu: సీతాఫలం(seetha phalam)
- Tagalog: Anonas[8]
- Chinese: 牛心番荔枝[9]
[edit] Description It is a small deciduous or semi-evergreen tree reaching 8 metres (26 ft) to 10 metres (33 ft) tall with an open, irregular crown.[10] - Stems and leaves
- The slender leaves are not hairy, straight and pointed at the apex (in some varieties wrinkled), 10 centimetres (3.9 in) to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long and 2 centimetres (0.79 in) to 7 centimetres (2.8 in) wide.[10]
- Flowers
- The yellow-green flowers are generally in clusters of three or four 2 centimetres (0.79 in) to 3 centimetres (1.2 in) diameter, with three long outer petals and three very small inner ones. [10]
- Fruits and reproduction
- The fruit is variable in shape: heart-shaped or spherical. The size ranges from 7 centimetres (2.8 in) to 1 centimetre (0.39 in), depending on the cultivar. When ripe, the fruit is brown or yellowish, with red highlights and a varying degree of reticulation, depending again on the variety. The flesh varies from juicy and very aromatic to hard with a repulsive taste.[10]
[edit] Distribution and habitat Possibly a native of the Caribbean[7] and Central America[1], Annona reticulata is now pan-tropical[7] and can be found growing between altitudes of 0 metres (0 ft) to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) in areas of Central America that have alternating seasons.[10] Cultivated and naturalized[7] in many parts of the world including Southeast Asia, Taiwan, India, Australia, and West Africa. - Native
- Nearctic:
- Central Mexico: Veracruz
- Neotropic:
- Central America: Belize, Chiapas, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
- Caribbean: Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad
- Northern South America: Guyana, Venezuela
- Brazil: Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Para, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo
- Western South America: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Paraguay[11][3]
Annona reticulata is best known for its fruit, the custard-apple. The flavor is sweet and pleasant, but less popular than that of Annona cherimola -
- For other uses, see Custard-apple.
[edit] References - ^ a b c Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (1997-07-11). "Taxon: Annona reticulata L." (HTML). 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?3498. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ Missouri Botanical Garden (1753). "Annona reticulata L." (HTML). Tropicos. http://www.tropicos.org/NameSynonyms.aspx?nameid=1600671. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ a b c Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2000-12-15). "Taxon: Rollinia mucosa (Jacq.) Baill." (HTML). 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?32035. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). "PLANTS Profile, Annona reticulata L." (HTML). The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ANRE. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (1997-07-11). "Taxon: Annona cherimola Mill." (HTML). 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?3479. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
- ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (1997-07-11). "Taxon: Annona squamosa L." (HTML). 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?3503. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
- ^ a b c d Aluka. "Entry for Annona reticulata Linn. [family ANNONACEAE]" (HTML). African Plants. Ithaka Harbors, Inc. http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.AP.UPWTA.1_232&pgs=&cookieSet=1. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ Porcher, Michel H. et al.. "Annona reticulata L." (HTML). Sorting Annona Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress. Institute of Land & Food Resources, University of Melbourne. http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Annona.html#reticulata. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ Flora of North America. "Annona reticulata Linn." (HTML). Chinese Plant Names. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=3&taxon_id=200008508. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ a b c d e Mahdeem, H. (1998-07-05). "Annona reticulata" (HTML). Neglected Crops. Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Purdue University. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/1492/annonas.html#Annona%20reticulata. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ Bioversity International. "Result set for: Annonaceae Annona reticulata" (HTML). New World Fruits Database. http://www.bioversityinternational.org/Information_Sources/Species_Databases/New_World_Fruits_Database/qryall3.asp?intIDSpecies=101. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
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