Annona purpurea
species of Annona
Annona purpurea is an edible fruit and medicinal plant in the Annonaceae family. It is native to central and southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela in northwestern South America, and Trinidad. Its common names include soncoya, sincuya, and cabeza de negro.
Description
It is a small tree reaching a maximum of 6 to 10 metres (20 to 33 ft). It is deciduous with hairy leaves and large, strong-scented flowers. Its pollen is shed as permanent tetrads.
The fruit is rounded, 15–20 cm (5.9–7.9 in) wide, and covered with a felt-textured brown skin that is hard to cut open when ripe. The surface of the fruit has hooklike projections and superficially resembles a durian. It has many seeds which have a germination time of 1 to 6 months. Trees take about 1 to 3 years to bear and can be container grown.
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