Sugar apple
The sugar apple (Annona squamosa) is a species of fruit in the Annonaceae family. It is a relative of the custard apple. It grows better in tropical lowland climates better than the custard apple or Annona reticulata.[2]
| Sugar apple | |
|---|---|
| File:Annona squamosa 20180920 133254.jpg | |
| Scientific classification e | |
| Genus: | Magnoliophyta |
| Genus: | Magnoliopsida |
| Genus: | Magnoliales |
| Genus: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Annona |
| Species: | A. squamosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Annona squamosa | |
Sugar Apple Media
- Custard Apple - Flora Sinensis 1656 (2950756).jpg
Michał Boym's drawing of, probably, the sugar-apple, in his Flora Sinensis (1655)
- Annona squamosa (Custurd Apple) flower in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9352.jpg
Annona squamosa (Custurd Apple) flower in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9352
- Young sugar apple seedling.jpg
3 month old sugar apple
- Annona squamosa (Custurd Apple) plant in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9354.jpg
Custard-apple, sugar-apple, sweetsop, sitaphal or Sita's fruit, shareefah, aataa or Rahmapfel Annona squamosa in Hyderabad , India.
- Annona squamosa at Kampung Bukit Jagong 20230629 174058.jpg
Daun pokok nona (Annona squamosa) di Kampung Bukit Jagong, Pendang
- Annona squamosa fruit from Myanmar.jpg
Annona squamosa fruit from Myanmar
- Pineapple shijia.jpg
Sugar apple (right), with Taiwanese "pineapple shijia" (atemoya) (left)
- Sugar Apple (Annona squamosa) interior.jpg
The sugar apple readily breaks open when ripe.
- Sugar Apple deconstructed.jpg
A deconstruction of a sugar apple shows a lobe of fruit and pulpy segments with seeds.
A sugar apple ready to eat
References
- ↑ "Plants Profile for Annona squamosa (sugar apple)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
- ↑ "Species Information". 2011-05-26. Archived from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
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