Annonaceae |
Annona cherimola Mill.
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- Common Name: Cherimoya, Custard Apple
- Family: Annonaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Andes of Peru' and Ecuador
- Habitat:
- 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'
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Accession Data:- Accession # 199500093
- Source: Terry Webster - 3/94
- Accession Date: 02-17-1995
- Bench: 1206 - S Bed
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-04-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: magnoliids
- Order: Magnoliales
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- Family: Annonaceae
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References:CRFG Website
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