Annona cuspidata

(Mart.) H. Rainer

Cuspidate annona

Annonaceae Edible: Fruit 1 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A shrub or tree. It grows 2-10 m tall. The trunk is 20 cm across. The leaves are narrowly oval and 10-20 cm long by 4-8 cm wide. The flowers are green to yellow. The fruit is round or oval and 2-3 cm across.

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw. The yellow to orange, globose to very broadly ovoid fruit is around 12 - 30mm in diameter.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows up to 300 m altitude. In Colombia it grows between 100-300 m above sea level.

Where It Grows

Amazon, Bolivia*, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Peru, South America,

Cultivation

Succeeds in wet soils. Plants can produce fruit all year round.

Synonyms

Rollinia cardiantha DielsRollinia cuspidata MartiusRollinia pachyptera DielsRollinia sphaerantha R. E. FriesRollinia uniflora R. E. Fr.

Also Known As

Annonilla, Anoncito, Anonillita, Ata, Cacahuillo, Nahueno, Yanchama

References (9)

Bendezu, Y. F., 2018, Arboles nativos de lad Region Ucayali. Instituto Nacional de Innovacion Agraria. p 43
Flores, Y., 2018, Arboles nativos de la Region Ucayili. Estacion Experimental Agragia Pucallpa. Pucallpa Peru, 375 p. p 41
Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 36
Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 750 (As Rollinia cuspidata and also as Rollinia cardiantha)
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Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 29 (As Rollinia cuspidata)
Maas, P. J. M., et al, 1992, Rollinia, Flora Neotropica Vol. 57. p 80 (As Rollinia cuspidata)
Murillo-A, J., 2001, Annonaceae of Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2(1): 49-51 (As Rollinia cuspidata)
Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.