Annona acuminata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Annona |
| Species: | A. acuminata
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Annona acuminata is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is native to Panama, and Colombia.[2] William Edwin Safford, the American botanist who first formally described the species, named it after the tapering (acuminatus in Latin) tips of its leaves.[3][4]
Description
It is a tree reaching 5 to 7 meters in height. Its branches have numerous red-brown
sepals are partially fused to form a broad-based calyx with three triangular tips. The outside of the calyx is hairy and the inside has stiff rust-colored hairs at its base. Its flowers have numerous 2.5 millimeter long stamens. Its flowers numerous ovaries arranged in a disc, each with a 1.5 millimeter long, club-shaped style.[4] Its round, spiny fruit is 2-2.5 centimeters in diameter. Its yellow seeds are 7-8 millimeters long.[5]
Reproductive biology
The bright orange-yellow pollen of Annona acuminata is shed as permanent tetrads.[6]
Uses
Extracts of bioactive molecules from its tissues have been reported to contain aporphine derivatives.[7]
References
- . Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ "Annona acuminata Saff". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
- ISBN 9780881926279.
- ^ a b Safford, William E. (1913). "Annona sericea and its Allies". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 16: 263–276.
- JSTOR 2394708.
- JSTOR 41764703.
- ISSN 0163-3864.