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Annona cherimola
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Family:
ANNONACEAE
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Citation: Annona cherimola Mill., Gard. ed. 8. 1768; Debika Mitra in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 206. 1993; M. Mohanan in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 135. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cherimola, Hanuman Pazham
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Cherimoya, Atemoya
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Description:
Trees, to 8 m high; branchlets rusty tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 6-12 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 5-14 x 4-9 cm, elliptic, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, base round or obtuse, shortly decurrent on petiole, apex acute, acuminate or obtuse, margin entire, pubescent above and velvety tomentose beneath, sub-coriaceous; lateral nerves 11-14 pairs, pinnate, intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, green, solitary or upto 5 in extra-axillary or leaf opposed clusters; pedicels 1-1.3 cm long, tomentose; sepals 3, 2-4 mm long, connate, tomentose on outer side, glabrous within; petals 3+3, 1.5-3 cm long, greenish with out, puberulous, basally purple-spotted with in, fleshy; stamens many; connectives concealing the anthers; pistils many, linear-oblong, stigma spathulate. Fruit an aggregate of berry, 12 x 8 cm, globose or subglobose, turning yellow or reddish, smooth; areoles rather flat, separated by a reticulation of often raised ridges; pulp yellowish; seeds black-brown.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-June
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District(s):
Idukki, Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated in the High Ranges
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Distribution:
Native of South America
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Green
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
Yes
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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