Annona dioica

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Annona dioica
Botanical illustration of Annona dioica using they synonym A. cuyabaensis[1]

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Annona
Species:
A. dioica
Binomial name
Annona dioica
Synonyms
  • Aberemoa dioica (A.St.-Hil.) Barb.Rodr.
  • Annona cuyabaensis Barb.Rodr.
  • Annona dioica var. mattogrossensis R.E.Fr.

Annona dioica is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.[3] Augustin Saint-Hilaire, the French botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its flowers which have different reproductive structures (δίς, dís, two in Greek) and (οἶκος, oîkos, house in Greek).

Description

It is a bush reaching 0.5-2 meters in height. Its oval, hairy leaves are 5-16 by 3-15 centimeters and have rounded tips. Its petioles are 2.25-4.5 millimeters long and covered in wooly hair. Its inflorescences consist of 1-3 curved peduncles that are 2-3.4 centimeters long and covered in rust-colored hairs. Its flowers have a diameter of 6.75 centimeters. Its calyx has triangular lobes. Its yellow-green outer petals are oval-shaped, leathery, hairy and come to a shallow point at their tips. The inner petals are smaller than the outer. Its stamens have 4 millimeter long filaments and anthers that are 4 times as long.[4][5]

Reproductive biology

The pollen of Annona dioica is shed as permanent tetrads.

androdioecious with flowers that are both male and female, or male only. Pollination is mediated by the Cyclocephala atricapilla beetle.[7]

Distribution and habitat

It grows at elevations of 80-1000 meters. It blossoms in December.[5]

Uses

Extracts from the leaves and wood contain bioactive compounds.[8][9] Parts of the plant are used in Brazilian traditional medicine to treat a variety of ailments including diarrhea and rheumatism.[10]

References

  1. ^ Rodrigues, João Barbosa (1898). Plantae mattogrossenses, ou, relação de plantas novas : colhidas, classificadas e desengadas (in Portuguese and Latin). Rio de Janeiro: Leuzinger. p. 5.
  2. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T143322153A143322155.en
    . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Annona dioica A.St.-Hil". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
  4. ^ Saint-Hilaire, Auguste de (1825). Flora Brasiliae meridionalis (in Latin and French). Vol. 1. Paris: Apud A. Belin.
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  6. S2CID 249081277
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  7. S2CID 23906648
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  8. ISSN 0103-5053
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  9. ISSN 0103-5053
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  10. PMID 23311341
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