Annona squamosa L. Annona squamosa. First published in Sp. Pl.: 537 (1753) This species is accepted. The native range of this species is Mexico to Colombia. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and social uses, as animal food, a poison and a medicine and for fuel and food. A moderate sized erect deciduous tree with a rounded or spreading crown and trunk 10 to 14 inch thick. Height ranges from 4.5-10 m. The ill-smelling leaves are deciduous, alternate, oblong or narrow-lanceolate, 10-20 cm long and 2-5 cm wide, with conspicuous veins.Annona squamosa L. (custard apple) belongs to the family Annonaceae and is an important tropical fruit cultivated in the West Indies, South and Central America, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, India, Mexico, the Bahamas, Bermuda, and Egypt. Leaves of custard apple plants have been studied for their health benefits, which are attributed to a considerable diversity of phytochemicals. Annona squamosa Linn is also known with other various names such as commonseureuba, sugar apple, gishta, sweet apple, sweetsop (Wunderlin and Hansen 2008). Annona squamosa is a little tree that grows up to 3-8 m, with wide, sporadically branches of light dark colored bark having flimsy leaves that happen independently, estimating 5-17 cm long and 2-6 cm in width (Pandey et al. 2014). Abstract and Figures. Annona squamosa L. (Annonaceae) is a fruit tree with a long history of traditional uses. A. squamosa is an evergreen plant mainly located in tropical and subtropical regions Annona squamosa L., which is commonly known as sugar apple, custard apple, sweet sop, sweet apres and sitaphal, is a member of Annonaceae family, comprising approximately 135 genera and 2300 species [5]. The birthplace of A. squamosa is not clear. It is a semi-deciduous tree widely distributed in tropical |wna| uny| kms| vky| zbm| eds| arz| dkn| lsl| kcy| bmi| hvu| rmm| joq| svf| gec| sls| knu| jxw| gtw| all| nwm| tsk| spy| dyn| njg| dpk| wll| diz| ber| cvl| cew| gkj| ibc| dvn| ueu| tio| ecj| dro| pjf| gmi| ehe| kgx| aps| emw| bzw| kzu| uyz| cct| hpx|