Annona mammifera
(P. Maas & Westra) H. Rainer
Mammilate annona
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Description
A shrub, tree or woody climber. It can be 18 m long with a trunk 11 cm across. The leaves are narrowly oval and 7-17 cm long by 2-8 cm wide. The fruit are 2.5-3.5 cm long by 3-4 cm across. They are orange-brown and hang down.
Edible Uses
Fruit. The pulp surrounding the seeds is eaten. The orange-brown, depressed ovoid, compound fruit is around 25 - 35mm long and 30 - 40cm in diameter, composed of 3 - 15 carpels each containing a single large seed.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows at low altitudes in Brazil up to 200 m altitude.
Where It Grows
Brazil, Peru, South America,
Cultivation
Plants can succeed in wet soils.
Synonyms
References (3)
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 37
- Maas, P. J. M., et al, 1992, Rollinia, Flora Neotropica Vol. 57. p 122 (As Rollinia mammifera)
- NYBG Herbarium "edible" (As Rollinia mammifera)
