Annona aurantiaca Barb.Rodr.

Species

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Annonaceae > Annona

Characteristics

A small tree. It grows 2-5 m tall. The leaves are heart shaped at the base and do not have a leaf stalk. The flowers have triangle shaped hairy flower parts. The fruit are small and orange-yellow. They have white flesh.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.5 - 5.0
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Root diameter (meter) -
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Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in savannah. It grows in areas where the rainfall is 1,000-1,400 mm per year.
More
Savannah and the Pantanal.
Light -
Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
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Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Annona aurantiaca world distribution map, present in Brazil

Conservation status

Annona aurantiaca threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:14226-2
WFO ID wfo-0000537682
COL ID 674QZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Annona aurantiaca Annona coriacea var. amplexicaulis