Annona cherimola Mill.
sect. Attae
- Common Name: Cherimoya, Custard Apple
- Family: Annonaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Andes of Peru' and Ecuador
- Description: The 'Cherimoya', a custard apple; woody tree to 8m high, briefly deciduous with sappy branches and luxuriant leathery leaves 25cm long, dull greem with pale veins, velvety on back; fragrant fleshy flowers 3cm long, directly from woody branches, yellow or brown-tomentose outside, whitish with purple spot inside; followed by large green conical fruit, 12cm or more long, containing large black seed, the skin looking like overlapping scales or knobby warts; the flesh creamy white, tasting like custard or bananas, and is eaten with a spoon; ripening winter into spring. For best success flowers are hand-pollinated. Also known as 'Fruit of the Incas'
Accession Data:
- Accession # 199500093
- Source: Terry Webster - 3/94
- Accession Date: 02-17-1995
- Bench: 1310 - NEOA: Ground Bed 2 NW
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-08-2024
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: magnoliids
- Order: Magnoliales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Annonaceae
- SubFamily: Annonoideae
- Tribe: Annoneae
- SubTribe:
Flowering Data:
This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):
References (external):
- CRFG Website. Last accessed on Thursday, May 18, 2017.
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, May 18, 2017.
data regenerated on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:07:15 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days