Annona montana

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Annona montana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Annona
Species: A. montana
Binomial name
Annona montana
Macfad.
Synonyms

Annona marcgravii Mart.[1]
Annona muricata Vell.
Annona pisonis Mart.
Annona sphaerocarpa[2]

Annona montana or Mountain soursop is an edible fruit and medicinal plant in the Annonaceae family native to Central America and islands in the Caribbean. Fibrous fruits that are considered to be inedible by the Jamacians[3] make a better juice. A. montana might find its greatest impact as rootstock for cultivated Annonas.[4]

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[edit] Common names

  • English: Mountain soursop, wild soursop
  • Czech: mountain soursop
  • German: Schleimapfel
  • Spanish: guanábana cimarrona, guanábana, guanábana de loma, guanábana de monte, guanábana de perro, taragus, turagua
  • Persian: ساپاديل كوهي
  • French: corossolier bâtard
  • Japanese: ヤマトゲバンレイシ
  • Hindi: पहाड़ी जार साप
  • Hungarian: hegyi annóna
  • Portuguese: araticum, araticum açú, araticum apé
  • Chinese: 山刺果番荔枝
  • Slovak: anona[5][6]

[edit] Description

The tree somewhat resembles that of Annona muricata but has a more spreading crown and very glossy leaves. It is slightly hardier and bears more or less continuously. [7]

Fruits
Nearly round, dark green skin that is covered with many short fleshy spines and about 15 centimetres (5.9 in) long. Yellow, fiberous pulp which is aromatic, sour to subacid and bitter and contains many light-brown, plump seeds.[7]

[edit] Distribution

Found growing at altitudes from 0 metres (0 ft) to 650 metres (2,100 ft).[7]

Native
Neotropic:
Caribbean: West Indies
Central America: Costa Rica, Panama
Western South America: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador[1]


[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2002-02-05). Taxon: Annona montana Macfad. (HTML). Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
  2. ^ W3TROPICOS. Annona montana Macfad. (HTML). Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
  3. ^ Cassidy, Frederic Gomes [1967] (2002). "Mountain Witch", A Dictionary of Jamaican English (HTML), University of the West Indies Press. ISBN 9766401276. 
  4. ^ Llamas, Kirsten Albrecht (2003). "Annonaceae", Tropical Flowering Plants: A Guide to Identification and Cultivation (HTML), University of the West Indies Press. ISBN 0881925853. 
  5. ^ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2007-11-21). AGROVOC Thesaurus (HTML). AGROVOC. United Nations. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
  6. ^ Bioversity International. Result set for: Annonaceae Annona montana (HTML). New World Fruits Database. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
  7. ^ a b c Morton, Julia F (1999-04-02). Wild Custard Apple (HTML). New Crops p. 86–88. Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Purdue University. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.

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