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Annona glabra
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Family:
ANNONACEAE
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Citation: Annona glabra L., Sp. Pl. 537. 1753; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 56. 1989; Sivar. & Sunil, Rheedea 3: 90. 1993; Debika Mitra in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 206. 1993; M. Mohanan in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 135. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 71. 2009.
Annona palustris L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 757. 1762.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattathi, Kattu-aatha, Kadalatha
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Alligator Apple, Bullock's Heart, Cherimoyer, Corkwood, Custard Apple, Mangrove Anona, Monkey Apple, Palo Bobo, Pond Apple
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Description:
Trees, to 10 m high. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 8-20 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 6-20 x 3-8 cm, elliptic, elliptic-ovate, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, base obtuse, round or decurrent, apex acute, acuminate or obtuse, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 8-12 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, yellowish-green, solitary, internodal or terminal on a short branchlets; pedicel 15-20 mm long, sepals 3, 5 x 7 mm, valvate, semiorbicular or ovate, glabrous; petals 3+3; outer petals 1.5-3 cm long, ovate, green and glabrous outside, yellow and minutely puberulous inside; inner petals 1.2-2.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, puberulous, yellow outside, carmine inside, minutely puberulous on both surface; stamens many, 3-4 mm long, connectives at apex slightly convex; carpels many, connate at anthesis. Fruit an aggregate of berry, 5-12 x 5-8 cm, ovoid, round at apex, yellow to orange, smooth, pulp yellow; seeds many, elliptic, black.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Kottayam, Ernakulam, Alappuzha, Kollam, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated, also became naturalised along the backwaters and mangrove forests
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America and West Indies
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Aquatic:
Yes
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Creamy
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Thanneermukkam, Pallithode
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