Annona williamsii
(Rusby ex A Fries) H. Rainer
Williams annona
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Description
A shrub or small tree. It grows up to 6 m high. The leaves are narrowly oval and 4-12 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The fruit are 1-2 cm long by 1-2 cm wide.
Edible Uses
Fruit - raw. The pulp is eaten. Delicious. The globose to ellipsoid fruit is 15 - 20mm long and 10 - 20mm in diameter, composed of around 15 - 20 carpels each containing a sed around 7 - 9mm long and 5 - 6mm wide.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Bolivia*, Brazil, Peru, South America,
Cultivation
The plant succeeds in wet soils.
Other Information
The fruit are delicious.
Synonyms
References (3)
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 40
- Maas, P. J. M., et al, 1992, Rollinia, Flora Neotropica Vol. 57. p 155 (As Rollinia williamsii)
- Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 72 (As Rollinia williamsii)
