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Annona squamosa

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Annona squamosa

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Also known as Custard-apple, Sugar-apple, Sweetsop

species of plant

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*Annona squamosa*, commonly known as the sugar apple, is a species in the family Annonaceae. It belongs to the genus *Annona* and is classified within the order Magnoliales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The scientific name is cited as *Annona squamosa* L., with Linnaeus recognized as the authority. The taxon is the source of sugar-apple and is used for afforestation, fruit, medicinal plant, and food purposes.

The species has a recorded range in Fujian, Tibet Autonomous Region, Guangdong, and Myanmar. Its conservation status is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List, with an assessment year of 2019. Occurrence data indicates 14,591 records, while iDigBio holds 1,498 records and 702 media items from institutions in Mexico.

Synthesized by Vinony from 47 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, IUCN Red List, Plants of the World, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

sugar apple

Annona squamosa

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMagnoliales
  5. FamilyAnnonaceae
Native toBelize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Observations recorded14,591

Annona squamosa, Pommier cannelle L'attier ou pommier cannelle (Annona squamosa) est une espèce d'arbustes fruitiers de la famille des Annonaceae originaire d'Amérique tropicale.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,498
With media
702
Family
Annonaceae
Collections
ECOSUR, CCBA-FMVZ-UADY, CICY, INECOL, UACH, DERN-IMECBIO-CUCSUR-UDG
Recorded in
Mexico
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Annona
Image
Pomme cannelle ou zato.jpg
Has use
fiber
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taxon rank
species
taxon name
Annona squamosa
Commons category
Annona squamosa
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=3503
this taxon is source of
sugar-apple
taxon common name
Zato
Commons gallery
Annona squamosa
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
short name
A. squamosa
taxon author citation
L.
taxon range
Gabon
external data available at URL
www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4
different from
sugar-apple
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Encyclopedic overview

Annona squamosa is a small, well-branched tree or shrub from the family Annonaceae that bears edible fruits called sugar apples or sweetsops or custard apples. It tolerates a tropical lowland climate better than its relatives Annona reticulata and Annona cherimola (whose fruits often share the same name) helping make it the most widely cultivated of these species.

Annona squamosa is semi-(or late) deciduous, and 3 to 8 metres (10 to 26 feet) tall, similar to soursop (Annona muricata). It is a native of tropical climate in the Americas, and Spanish traders aboard the Manila galleons docking in the Philippines brought it to Asia.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Annona squamosa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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