Annona
Biology
The fruit is a syncarp. It arises from a single flower, but its numerous carpels are more or less fused. Their apical tops appear under the form of areoles delimited by a polygonal rim. Those areoles can be depressed, or instead endin with a tuber or a point.
Classification
Genus Rollinia is now included in Annona.
Species
All species are strictly tropical, with the exception of Annona cherimola and Annona atemoya, which can be grown in subtropical or warm Mediterranean areas, such as southern Spain or Florida.
Species of commercial importance
- Annona atemoya, atemoya
- Annona cherimola, cherimoya
- Annona muricata, corossol, cachiman épineux
- Annona purpurea, soncoya
- Annona reticulata, cœur-de-bœuf
- Annona squamosa, pomme-cannelle, atte
All the species in Pl@ntUse
- Annona ambotay
- Annona atemoya
- Annona aurantiaca
- Annona cacans
- Annona cherimola
- Annona coriacea
- Annona cornifolia
- Annona crassiflora
- Annona crassifolia
- Annona dioica
- Annona dolabripetala
- Annona emarginata
- Annona glabra
- Annona glauca
- Annona leptopetala
- Annona liebmanniana
- Annona longiflora
- Annona macroprophyllata
- Annona montana
- Annona mucosa
- Annona muricata
- Annona neolaurifolia
- Annona neosalicifolia
- Annona neosericea
- Annona paludosa
- Annona purpurea
- Annona reticulata
- Annona rugulosa
- Annona salzmannii
- Annona senegalensis
- Annona sericea
- Annona spinescens
- Annona spraguei
- Annona squamosa
- Annona stenophylla
- Annona sylvatica
- Annona vepretorum
References
- Safford, William Edwin, Classification of the genus Annona with Descriptions of New and Imperfectly Known Species. By . 68 p. + 41 planches + 2 p. d'index. 1917. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Vol. 18 en ligne sur BHL.
- Fouqué, 1972, Espèces fruitières d'Amérique tropicale. Paris, IFAC.