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Accession Data:

Annona cherimola Mill.

  • sect. Attae

  • Common Name: Cherimoya, Custard Apple
  • Family: Annonaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Andes of Peru' and Ecuador

  • Description: The 'Cherimoya', a custard apple; woody tree to 8m high, briefly deciduous with sappy branches and luxuriant leathery leaves 25cm long, dull greem with pale veins, velvety on back; fragrant fleshy flowers 3cm long, directly from woody branches, yellow or brown-tomentose outside, whitish with purple spot inside; followed by large green conical fruit, 12cm or more long, containing large black seed, the skin looking like overlapping scales or knobby warts; the flesh creamy white, tasting like custard or bananas, and is eaten with a spoon; ripening winter into spring. For best success flowers are hand-pollinated. Also known as 'Fruit of the Incas'
  • USDA Zone: 9b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199500093
  • Source: Terry Webster - 3/94
  • Accession Date: 02-17-1995
  • Bench: 1310 - NEOA: Ground Bed 2 NW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-08-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: magnoliids
  • Order: Magnoliales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Annonaceae
  • SubFamily: Annonoideae
  • Tribe: Annoneae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
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2022
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2014

References (internal):

  • Basal Angiosperms (paleodicots)
  • Beetle Pollination (cantharophily)
  • Edible Plants
  • Plants with Edible Fruits
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany

References (external):

  1. CRFG Website. Last accessed on Thursday, May 18, 2017.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, May 18, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:07:15 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Annonaceae

Subfamily Annonoideae
Tribe Annoneae

  • Annona cherimola
  • Annona muricata
  • Annona purpurea
  • Annona reticulata
  • Rollinia exsucca

Subfamily Annonoideae
Tribe Xylopieae

  • Artabotrys hexapetalus
W/C = Wild Collected
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