Annona acutiflora
Mart.
Acuteflower annona
AnnonaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The pulp of the fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It tends to be at low altitudes up to about 400 m above sea level.
Brazil*, South America,
How to Identify
A small tree. It grows 2-4 m tall. The leaves are narrowly oval and 5-17 cm long by 2-7 cm wide. The flowers are red. The fruit are 11 cm long by 8 cm wide. It has an irregular surface. The seeds are dark brown and shiny.
How to Grow
Grows best in a sunny position.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Annona acutiflora is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Brazil. Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, the German botanist who first formally described the species, named it after the inner petals which come to a sharp point (acutatus in Latin).
Names & Synonyms
Pau de Guine
References (4)
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology p 35
- 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 66
- Maas, P.J. M., et al, 2001, Annonaceae from Central-eastern Brazil. Rodriguesia 52(80): 65-98
- Martin, F. W., et al, 1987, Perennial Edible Fruits of the Tropics. USDA Handbook 642 p 79
