Annona montana

Annona montana
Annona montana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Annona
Species: A. montana
Binomial name
Annona montana
Macfad.
Synonyms

Annona marcgravii Mart.[1]
Annona muricata Vell.
Annona pisonis Mart.
Annona sphaerocarpa[2]

Annona montana or Mountain soursop is an edible fruit and medicinal plant in the Annonaceae family native to Central America, the Amazon, and islands in the Caribbean. It has fibrous fruits.[3] make a better juice. A. montana might find its greatest impact as rootstock for cultivated Annonas.[4]

Contents

Common names

  • English: Mountain soursop, wild soursop
  • Czech: mountain soursop
  • German: Schleimapfel
  • Spanish: guanábana cimarrona, guanábana, guanábana de loma, guanábana de monte, guanábana de perro, taragus, turagua
  • Persian: ساپاديل كوهي
  • French: corossolier bâtard
  • Japanese: ヤマトゲバンレイシ
  • Hindi: पहाड़ी जार साप
  • Hungarian: hegyi annóna
  • Portuguese: araticum, araticum açú, araticum apé
  • Chinese: 山刺果番荔枝
  • Slovak: anona[5][6]

Description

The tree somewhat resembles that of Annona muricata but has a more spreading crown and very glossy leaves. It is slightly hardier and bears more or less continuously.[7]

Fruits
Nearly round, dark green skin that is covered with many short fleshy spines and about 15 centimetres (5.9 in) long. Yellow, fiberous pulp which is aromatic, sour to subacid and bitter and contains many light-brown, plump seeds.[7] The fibrous fruits are considered inedible by the Jamaicans.

Distribution

Found growing at altitudes from 0 metres (0 ft) to 650 metres (2,130 ft).[7]

Native
Neotropic:
Caribbean: West Indies
Central America: Costa Rica, Panama
Western South America: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2002-02-05). "Taxon: Annona montana Macfad.". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?3490. Retrieved 2008-04-18. 
  2. ^ W3tropicos. "Annona montana Macfad.". Missouri Botanical Garden Press. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/1600684. Retrieved 2008-04-18. 
  3. ^ Cassidy, Frederic Gomes (2002) [1967]. "Mountain Witch". A Dictionary of Jamaican English. University of the West Indies Press. ISBN 9766401276. http://books.google.com/books?id=_lmFzFgsTZYC&pg=PA308&lpg=PA308&source=web&ots=N6GytjVto9&sig=UDrzqHzk7dVzjn2Cc0-r-uUwnhU&hl=en. 
  4. ^ Llamas, Kirsten Albrecht (2003). "Annonaceae". Tropical Flowering Plants: A Guide to Identification and Cultivation. University of the West Indies Press. ISBN 0881925853. http://books.google.com/books?id=WxW4Scq6kU8C&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&source=web&ots=8eyaEgaglR&sig=i5HuXuVeWt0qW3TdApMy4mwxbx4&hl=en#PPA60,M1. 
  5. ^ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2007-11-21). "AGROVOC Thesaurus". AGROVOC. United Nations. http://www.fao.org/aims/ag_intro.htm?termid=12675. Retrieved 2008-04-18. 
  6. ^ Bioversity International. "Result set for: Annonaceae Annona montana". New World Fruits Database. http://www.bioversityinternational.org/Information_Sources/Species_Databases/New_World_Fruits_Database/qryall3.asp?intIDSpecies=96. Retrieved 2008-04-18. [dead link]
  7. ^ a b c Morton, Julia F (1999-04-02). "Wild Custard Apple". New Crops. Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Purdue University. pp. 86–88. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/wild_custard_apple_ars.html. Retrieved 2008-04-18. 

External links

Data related to Annona montana at Wikispecies



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Annona montana — Systematik Klasse: Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida) Magnoliids …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Annona montana — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda ? Guanábano silvestre Clasificación científica …   Wikipedia Español

  • Annona montana — ID 4097 Symbol Key ANMO Common Name mountain soursop Family Annonaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution FL, PR, VI Growth Habit Tree Duration …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Annona montana Macfad. — Symbol ANMO Common Name mountain soursop Botanical Family Annonaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Annona — Stachelannone (Annona muricata) Systematik Unterabteilung: Samenpflanzen (Spermatophytina) Klasse …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Annona — Annona …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Annona — For other uses, see Annona (disambiguation). Annona Sugar apple (Annona squamosa) …   Wikipedia

  • Annona — Fruit …   Wikipédia en Français

  • ANONA (ANNONA) L. — АНОНА — 326. Anona (Annona) L. Анона см …   Справочник растений

  • ANONA MONTANA MACFAD. - АНОНА ГОРНАЯ — см. 326. Дерево. A. montana Macfad. А. горная Fl. Jamaic. 1 (1837) 7. Bois III (1928) 36. Popenoe (1920) 192. Burkill (1935) 166. S у n. A. muricata Velloso (non L.). М е с т н. н а з в. Англ. mountain soursop; Антильск. о ва guanabana cimarrona… …   Справочник растений

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”