Annona montana

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

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

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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] A. montana might find its greatest impact as rootstock for cultivated Annonas.[4]

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] It tolerates brief temperature drops down to 24F when full grown.[8]

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.

On the other hand,there are some varieties which has a better quality; are used much like the soursop.[8]

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]
Other
USA
Southern Florida
Israel (unlike Soursop it is cultivated and fruited at Galilee in Israil)

See also

References

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  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 [tradewindsfruit internet site http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/mountain_soursop.htm]

External links

Data related to Annona montana at Wikispecies

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