Annona squamosa

Annona squamosa L., Sp. Pl. 537 1753. (Syn: Annona asiatica L.; Annona asiatica Vahl; Annona cinerea Dunal; Annona distincta Raeusch.; Annona forskahlii DC.; Annona forsskalii DC.; Annona glabra Forssk.; Annona squamosa Delile ; Guanabanus squamosus M. Gómez; Xylopia frutescens Sieb. ex Presl; Xylopia glabra L.);

custard apple (in India), sugar apple, sweetsop • Assamese: আতলচ-কঁঠাল aatloch kothal • Bengali: আতা ata, শরিকা shorifa • Gujarati: સીતાફળ sitaphal • Hindi: आत, आता or अता ata, बहुवीज bahu-vij, मुक्ताफल muktaphal, सीताफल sitaphal • Kannada: ಸೀತಾಫಲ seetaphala • Konkani: सीताफल siitaaphala • Malayalam: ശീടാഫലം seethapazham • Manipuri: সীতাফল sitaphal • Marathi: आत ata, मुक्ताफल muktaphala, शिताफळ or सिताफळ sitaphala • Nepali: आँट् aunt • Oriya: sitaphalo • Persian: شريفه sharifa • Punjabi: ਸ਼ਰੀਫਾ sharifa, ਸੀਤਾ ਫਲ sita phal • Sanskrit: आतृप्यम् atrupyum, बहुबीजम् bahubijam, मुक्ताफलम् muktaphalam, सीताफलम् sitaphalam • Tamil: ஆத்தா atta, சீத்தா citta • Telugu: సీతాఫలము sita-phalamu • Urdu: آتا ata, شريفه sharifa;

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fruits & vegetables :: CULTIVATED :: Annonaceae » Annona squamosa:

Annonaceae (custard apple, sugar apple, or soursop family) » Annona squamosa
Synonym: Annona asiatica
… Annona is often found misspelled as Anona
uh-NO-nuh — Latinized form of the American Indian taino, vernacular name for cherimoya
skwa-MO-suh — scaly
commonly known as: custard apple (in India), sugar apple, sweetsop • Assamese: আতলচ-কঁঠাল aatloch kothal • Bengali: আতা ata, শরিকা shorifa • Gujarati: સીતાફળ sitaphal • Hindi: आत, आता or अता ata, बहुवीज bahu-vij, मुक्ताफल muktaphal, सीताफल sitaphal • Kannada: ಸೀತಾಫಲ seetaphala • Konkani: सीताफल siitaaphala • Malayalam: ശീടാഫലം seethapazham • Manipuri: সীতাফল sitaphal • Marathi: आत ata, मुक्ताफल muktaphala, शिताफळ or सिताफळ sitaphala • Nepali: आँट् aunt • Oriya: sitaphalo • Persian: شريفه sharifa • Punjabi: ਸ਼ਰੀਫਾ sharifa, ਸੀਤਾ ਫਲ sita phal • Sanskrit: आतृप्यम् atrupyum, बहुबीजम् bahubijam, मुक्ताफलम् muktaphalam, सीताफलम् sitaphalam • Tamil: ஆத்தா atta, சீத்தா citta • Telugu: సీతాఫలము sita-phalamu • Urdu: آتا ata, شريفه sharifa
Distribution: widely cultivated in tropics; probable origin West Indies
Edible use:

some facts:

… the most widely grown of all the species of Annona
… widely grown in El Salvador, India, Pakistan and the Philippines.
… the original home of the sugar apple is unknown
… the species was described from Jamaica.
Quoted from: Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar-apple> • Purdue
University <http://www.hort.purdue.edu/sugar_apple.html>
Annona reticulata and Annona squamosa mixed up:

… world-over, A. squamosa is known as sugar-apple (or sweetsop) and A. reticulata as custard-apple
… in India, A. squamosa is popularly known as custard-apple (the name sugar-apple is not known to many), in Australia too, well known as Custard Apple

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Fruits & Vegetables Week: Annona squamosa from Delhi:
Annona squamosa L. (syn: A. asiatica L.) from Delhi, less commonly cultivated in Delhi
Common names: custard-apple, sugar-apple, sweetsop Hindi: Sharifa, Seetaphal

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efloraofindia:”Id 03092011MR2’’ custard apple Pune:
Sharing picture of unripe custard apple on the tree

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Flora of Madhya Pradesh: Annona squamosa from Narsinghpur (MP):
Annona squamosa from Narsinghpur (MP)
Called as Sitaphal

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Fruit Trees of Bangalore – RA – Annona Squamosa – Custard Apple Tree – Sitaphal:
A small tropical tree, indigenous to the Amazon rainforest, growing up to 20′ tall. 

Ref. MEDICINAL HERBS – Names and Uses (Part – 1) – Global Hinduism

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Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight :: Annonaceae » Annona squamosa in Thane :: DVMAR02 :  5 posts by 3 authors.
Annona squamosa L.  

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Kya baat hai, khane ko dil karta hai… Thanks … for sharing this sweet & tasty fruit..

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Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight :: Annonaceae » Annona squamosa at Dhule : PKA-March-21:: : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1).
Sitaphal (Annona squamosa) from Dhule.

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Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight: Annonaceae- Annona squamosa from Delhi-GSMAR12 : 1 post by 1 author.  Attachments (4).
Annona squamosa, photographed from Delhi

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Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight: – Annona squamosa from Panipat-NS March 04 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4).

Very good photographs …

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Thank you very much Sir for nice words…
I will try to find Miliusa velutina in flowers from Morni Hills.. the only wild member in Haryana from the group under discussion. l do not have pics of the same.

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Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight : Annonaceae ::Annona squamosa :: SMP08 : 3 images. 3 posts by 3 authors.
Annona squamosa सिताफळ Pune.

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Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight Annona squamosa. BRS 2 : Attachments (1)- 1 MB. 1 post by 1 author.
Sharing the images of Annona squamosa

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Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight : Annona squamosa : Nasik : 140314 : AK-17 : Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors.
Annona squamosa, commonly known as Custard Apple from our home garden.

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Hooghly-skMAY19/20 Annona squamosa L. : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3)

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Annonaceae: Annona squamosa L.: 2 images.
location/date (both): Barha, Jabalpur Distr., Madhya Pradesh, October 1994

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