Annona squamosa L.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Annonaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Annona squamosa L.

  • Description

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    Species Description - A tree, up to about 12 m. high, the young twigs densely pubescent. Leaves elliptic, lanceolate to oblong, chartaceous, 6-12 cm. long, pubescent, at least when young, sometimes glabrous when old, acute at the apex, narrowed at the base, the petioles 5-12 mm. long; peduncles about as long as the petioles; flowers greenish, about 2 cm. long; sepals triangular, acute, pubescent, 1.5 mm. long; outer petals linear-oblong, puberulent; fruit globose, 5-9 cm. in diameter, strongly tubercled, greenish, the tubercles rounded, the pulp white; seeds oblong, brown, shining.

  • Distribution

    Scrub-lands. New Providence, probably introduced:- Cuba to Virgin Gorda and St. Vincent; Jamaica; widely cultivated in tropical regions. Sugar apple.

    New Providence Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| Virgin Gorda Virgin Islands South America| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines South America| Jamaica South America|