- Annona montana
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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]
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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:
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ W3tropicos. "Annona montana Macfad.". Missouri Botanical Garden Press. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/1600684. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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
- "Annona montana". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=18097. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
Categories:- Annona
- Trees of the Amazon
- Trees of Costa Rica
- Trees of Panama
- Trees of Bolivia
- Trees of Colombia
- Trees of Ecuador
- Tropical fruit
- Annonaceae stubs
- Tree stubs
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