Talk:Cherimoya
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[edit] bottoms up?
say, what do they call that wine that is made from the cherimoya? also, does anyone on this site know how to brew this?
[edit] Ortographical mistake
It's "Chirimoya" not "Cherimoya" but the main title cannot be changed to proerp spelling —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.48.226.60 (talk • contribs)
- Depends on what language you are using. In English, Cherimoya is the usual spelling; in Spanish, Chirimoya. - MPF 22:00, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Native land
The current revision says:
"Cherimoya is . . . native to the Andean-highland valleys of Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Chile and Bolivia. Although it is widely popular in Chile, Cherimoya is not native to that area."
This does not make sense.
What is reality here?
--Lmbstl 13:49, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
A bit of Grave-digging here, but maybe they meant that the fruit didn't originally grow in Chile, and was imported?
Albino Bebop (talk) 22:42, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
As far as I'm aware, and I have studied the fruit and its origins fairly intensely, it's native to the high Andean valleys in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It was spread by commerce to the other countries mentioned above. Chirimoya are not native (ie endemic) to Chile, but they were imported in seed as early as during the Incan period as a trade good.
The lifted lorax (talk) 21:27, 12 May 2008 (UTC) (Ecuador)
[edit] the flower has only three petals
I have a wonderful Cherimoya which has produced fruit for me. The flowers of this tree have only three petals. In addition the CFRG (California Rare Fruit Growers)site has drawings of the flowers with three petals. Once in a while, while hand pollinating these flowers, I have run across a flower with four petals.
69.224.190.233 01:23, 23 February 2007 (UTC)George69.224.190.233 01:23, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
The wild ones here in Ecuador have four petals.... Maybe it's an adaptation in your cultivars for lower altitude? The lifted lorax (talk) 21:31, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Cherimoya In vitro Culture - Reference
http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/dissertationen/bridg-hannia-2000-03-24/HTML/index.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.163.214.177 (talk) 20:17, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cerimoya vs. custard apple
"The name, cherimoya, is sometimes misapplied to the less-esteemed custard apple" http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/cherimoya.html (emphasis added) "Its descriptive English name [custard apple] has been widely misapplied to other species" http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/custard_apple.html --Mmm (talk) 03:16, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
it tastes disgusting,but it is easy to eat. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.223.69.243 (talk) 19:44, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Can someone verify the toxicity of the skin?
"One should also avoid eating the skin as it may cause paralysis from 4 to 5 hours."
This section needs a citation. I did a look through multiple web sites about the plant and fruit and can find no mention of the toxicity/paralysis nature of the skin of the fruit. Twigs and seeds seem to have several mentions, but the most I can find concerning the skin is that it isn't to be eaten. If this is because it is not edible, than the artical should be updated. If it does have paralytic effects, can someone cite this with a reliable source (preferably academic or scholarly). SmoJoe (talk) 17:31, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Hey, isn't that the fruit they used in The Rundown? Kind of a crappy movie, one of the Rock's earlier ones, but there's a scene where he's fed a fruit that I think resembles a chirimoya, and he becomes paralyzed for several hours.
Can anyone verify? Albino Bebop (talk) 22:45, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
