Annona hypoglauca Mart.

Species

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Annonaceae > Annona

Characteristics

A thick woody creeper or vine. It can be a tree. The fruit are 8-9 cm long by 5 cm wide. They are yellow when ripe. The fruit have nobbly skin with slightly pointed protrusions. The fruit have about 100 black seeds. They are in a creamy white pulp. The seeds are 1.5 cm long by 0.5 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. They grow in flooded lowlands along the Amazon. In Colombia it grows between 100-300 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Annona hypoglauca world distribution map, present in Brazil

Conservation status

Annona hypoglauca threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:72224-1
WFO ID wfo-0000537794
COL ID 5V4B8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 732504
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Annona hypoglauca Annona tessmannii