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Annona squamosa

Syn. Guanabanus squamosus

IUCN Red List Least Concern (LC)

Local name

  • Custard apple (Gujarati)
  • Sitaphal (Hindi)

Tree type

Evergreen Deciduous
Family: Annonaceae
7m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Annona squamosa bark

Bark

Grey smooth bark, brown, fissured.

Annona squamosa leaves

Leaves

Aromatic lanceolate leaves, Simple, oblong, thin, aromatic.

Annona squamosa flower

Flower

Greenish-yellow flowers, drooping.

Annona squamosa fruit / seeds

Fruit / Seeds

Sweet segmented knobby fruit. Numerous black shiny seeds seeds.

Annona squamosa

Did you know?

The familiar custard apple is not a simple single fruit: it develops from many fused carpels, visible as the distinctive knobbly segments on its surface.

Distribution

World map showing distribution

Mexico to Colombia, Andaman Is., Aruba, Asia