Accession Data

Annona cherimola

Common Name: Cherimoya, Custard Apple

Family: Annonaceae

Country of Origin: Andes of Peru' and Ecuador

Description: The 'Cherimoya', a custard apple; woody tree to 8m high, briefly deciduous with sappy branches and luxuriant leathery leaves 25cm long, dull greem with pale veins, velvety on back; fragrant fleshy flowers 3cm long, directly from woody branches, yellow or brown-tomentose outside, whitish with purple spot inside; followed by large green conical fruit, 12cm or more long, containing large black seed, the skin looking like overlapping scales or knobby warts; the flesh creamy white, tasting like custard or bananas, and is eaten with a spoon; ripening winter into spring. For best success flowers are hand-pollinated. Also known as 'Fruit of the Incas'

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9b-11

Accession #: 199500093

Accession Date: 1995-02-17 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1310

Quantity: 1

Source: Terry Webster - 3/94

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: magnoliids

Order: Magnoliales

Family: Annonaceae

SubFamily: Annonoideae

Tribe: Annoneae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. CRFG Website. Last accessed on Thursday, May 18, 2017.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, May 18, 2017.

Images

Annona cherimola