Annona montana

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Annona montana

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Annona
Species:
A. montana
Binomial name
Annona montana
Synonyms

Annona marcgravii Mart.[2]
Annona muricata Vell.
Annona pisonis Mart.
Annona sphaerocarpa[3]

Ripening fruit, in Pernambuco, Brazil

Annona montana, the mountain soursop, is a tree and its

Amazon, and islands in the Caribbean. It has fibrous fruits.[4] A. montana may be used as a rootstock for cultivated Annonas.[5]

Etymology and common names

The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or "coming from mountains".[6]

  • English: mountain soursop, mountain sop, wild soursop
  • Czech: mountain soursop
  • German: Schleimapfel
  • Spanish: guanábana cimarrona, guanábana, guanábana de loma, guanábana de monte, guanábana de perro, taragus, turagua
  • French: corossolier bâtard
  • Guarani: araticu
  • Hungarian: hegyi annóna
  • Portuguese: araticum, araticum açú, araticum apé
  • Slovak: anona[7][8]

Description

The tree is similar to

sour and bitter, containing many light-brown, plump seeds.[9] There is history of its use as a traditional medicine.[9]

Distribution

A. montana grows wild at altitudes from 0 metres (0 ft) to 650 metres (2,130 ft).[9] Its natural distribution is:

Caribbean: West Indies
Central America: Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Brazil[2][12]
United States:
Southern Florida[9]

See also

  • List of plants of Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T142423951A142423971.en
    . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Annona montana". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  3. ^ W3tropicos. "Annona montana Macfad". Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Retrieved 2008-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ISBN 976-640-127-6
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  5. ISBN 0-88192-585-3
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  6. ^ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 239, at Google Books
  7. ^ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2007-11-21). "Thesaurus, FAO". AGROVOC. United Nations. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  8. ^ Bioversity International. "Result set for: Annonaceae Annona montana". New World Fruits Database. Retrieved 2008-04-18. [dead link]
  9. ^ a b c d e Morton, Julia F (1999-04-02). "Wild Custard Apple". New Crops. Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University. pp. 86–88. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  10. ^ "Mountain Soursop - Annona montana". Trade Winds Fruit. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  11. PMID 21665673
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  12. ^ "Annona montana". Useful Tropical Plants. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
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