Common name
English: Sugar-apple, Sweetsop
German: Süßsack, Zimtapfel
Mandarin: 番荔枝 (fan li zhi)
Portuguese: Ateira, Fruta-pinha
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Magnoliales (19)
Family: Annonacea (12)(family description)
Genus: Annona (4)
Epithet: squamosa L. (2)
Synonyms: Annona asiatica L., Annona cinerea Dunal, Annona forskahlii DC., Annona glabra L., Guanabanus squamosus (L.) M. Gómez, Xylopia glabra L., Xylopicron glabrum (L.) Crantz
asiatica => of Asiatic origin
cinerea => ashen-grey
forskahlii => in honor of Pehr Forsskål (1736–1768), Swedish botanist
glabra => without hair, smooth, bald, bare
glabrum => without hair, smooth, bald, bare
squamosa => beset with scales, or scale like
squamosus => beset with scales, or scale like
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: green, beige
External links
Check for Annona squamosa at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1026] Annona squamosa - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
- [1734] Annona squamosa - Flora of China @ efloras.org
Literature
- [18] Arbonnier, M. (2004): Trees, shrubs and lianas of West African dry zones. CIRAD, Paris, France; Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany; MNHN, Paris, France.