Annona montana
| Annona montana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Annona |
| Species: | A. montana |
| Binomial name | |
| Annona montana Macfad. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Annona marcgravii Mart.[1] | |
Annona montana or Mountain soursop is an edible fruit and medicinal plant in the Annonaceae family native to Central America, the Amazon, and islands in the Caribbean. It has fibrous fruits.[3] A. montana might find its greatest impact as rootstock for cultivated Annonas.[4]
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]
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] It tolerates brief temperature drops down to 24F when full grown.[8]
- 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] The fibrous fruits are considered inedible by the Jamaicans.
On the other hand,there are some varieties which has a better quality; are used much like the soursop.[8]
Distribution
Found growing at altitudes from 0 metres (0 ft) to 650 metres (2,130 ft).[7]
- Native
- Neotropic:
- Caribbean: West Indies
- Central America: Costa Rica, Panama
- Western South America: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador[1]
- Other
- USA
- Israel (unlike Soursop it is cultivated and fruited at Galilee in Israil)
See also
References
- 1 2 Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2002-02-05). "Taxon: Annona montana Macfad.". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- ↑ W3tropicos. "Annona montana Macfad.". Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- ↑ Cassidy, Frederic Gomes (2002) [1967]. "Mountain Witch". A Dictionary of Jamaican English. University of the West Indies Press. ISBN 976-640-127-6.
- ↑ Llamas, Kirsten Albrecht (2003). "Annonaceae". Tropical Flowering Plants: A Guide to Identification and Cultivation. University of the West Indies Press. ISBN 0-88192-585-3.
- ↑ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2007-11-21). "AGROVOC Thesaurus". AGROVOC. United Nations. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- ↑ Bioversity International. "Result set for: Annonaceae Annona montana". New World Fruits Database. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- 1 2 3 Morton, Julia F (1999-04-02). "Wild Custard Apple". New Crops. Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Purdue University. pp. 86–88. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- 1 2 [tradewindsfruit internet site http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/mountain_soursop.htm]
External links
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Data related to Annona montana at Wikispecies
- "Annona montana". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 March 2008.