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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Genus: | Magnoliophyta |
| Genus: | Magnoliopsida |
| Genus: | Magnoliales |
| Genus: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Annona |
| Species: | A. squamosa
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| Annona squamosa | |
Sugar Apple Media
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
3 month old sugar apple
Custard-apple, sugar-apple, sweetsop, sitaphal or Sita's fruit, shareefah, aataa or Rahmapfel Annona squamosa in Hyderabad , India.
Daun pokok nona (Annona squamosa) di Kampung Bukit Jagong, Pendang
Annona squamosa fruit from Myanmar
Sugar apple (right), with Taiwanese "pineapple shijia" (atemoya) (left)
The sugar apple readily breaks open when ripe.
A deconstruction of a sugar apple shows a lobe of fruit and pulpy segments with seeds.
A sugar apple ready to eat
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References
- ↑ Plants Profile for Annona squamosa (sugar apple). plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
- ↑ Species Information (2011-05-26). Retrieved 2020-08-13.