Annona cuspidata
(Mart.) H. Rainer
Cuspidate annona
AnnonaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
Fruit - raw. The yellow to orange, globose to very broadly ovoid fruit is around 12 - 30mm in diameter.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows up to 300 m altitude. In Colombia it grows between 100-300 m above sea level.
Amazon, Bolivia*, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Peru, South America,
How to Identify
A shrub or tree. It grows 2-10 m tall. The trunk is 20 cm across. The leaves are narrowly oval and 10-20 cm long by 4-8 cm wide. The flowers are green to yellow. The fruit is round or oval and 2-3 cm across.
How to Grow
Succeeds in wet soils. Plants can produce fruit all year round.
Names & Synonyms
Annonilla, Anoncito, Anonillita, Ata, Cacahuillo, Nahueno, Yanchama
Rollinia cardiantha DielsRollinia cuspidata MartiusRollinia pachyptera DielsRollinia sphaerantha R. E. FriesRollinia uniflora R. E. Fr.
References (9)
- Bendezu, Y. F., 2018, Arboles nativos de lad Region Ucayali. Instituto Nacional de Innovacion Agraria. p 43
- Flores, Y., 2018, Arboles nativos de la Region Ucayili. Estacion Experimental Agragia Pucallpa. Pucallpa Peru, 375 p. p 41
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 36
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 750 (As Rollinia cuspidata and also as Rollinia cardiantha)
- Kew Plants of the World onLine
- Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 29 (As Rollinia cuspidata)
- Maas, P. J. M., et al, 1992, Rollinia, Flora Neotropica Vol. 57. p 80 (As Rollinia cuspidata)
- Murillo-A, J., 2001, Annonaceae of Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2(1): 49-51 (As Rollinia cuspidata)
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
