Annona papilionella
(Diels) H. Rainer
Butterfly annona
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Description
A tree. It grows 4-25 m tall. The leaves are oblong and 6.5-14.5 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The fruit are 2 cm across. The fruit are pale green and then turn pale yellow. They are round and have a sweet pulp.
Edible Uses
Fruit - raw. The greenish-brown, globose to broadly ovoid fruit can be 15 - 40mm long and 15 - 40cm in diameter, composed of 30 - 50 (occasionally to 100) carpels each containing a seed 9 - 9mm long and 4 - 5mm wide.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It has been recorded at 250 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Amazon, Andes, Bolivia*, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, South America, West Indies,
Cultivation
Plants succeeds in wet soils. The plant flowers and produces fruit sporadically throughout the year.
Other Uses
The wood is used for timber. It is used in local construction, to make beams and decks.
Other Information
It is a cultivated food plant.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Chiova, Ouahueca, Yugkua, Yugkuanim, Yumkua
References (8)
- Bendezu, Y. F., 2018, Arboles nativos de lad Region Ucayali. Instituto Nacional de Innovacion Agraria. p 46
- Flores, Y., 2018, Arboles nativos de la Region Ucayili. Estacion Experimental Agragia Pucallpa. Pucallpa Peru, 375 p. p 45
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 39
- 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 752 (As Rollinia pittieri)
- Kew Plants of the World onLine
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- NYBG Herbarium "edible" (As Rollinia pittieri)
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
- Torre, de la L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 167 (As Rollinia pittieri)
