Annona purpurea
Annona purpurea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Magnoliales |
Family: | Annonaceae |
Genus: | Annona |
Species: | A. purpurea
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Binomial name | |
Annona purpurea Dunal | |
Synonyms | |
Annona involucrata Baill. |
Annona purpurea is an
medicinal plant in the Annonaceae family. It is native to Mexico
, Central America, and parts of South America. Its common names include soncoya, sincuya, and cabeza de negro.
Description
It is a small to medium tree reaching a maximum of 6 to 10 metres (20 to 33 ft). It is deciduous with hairy leaves and large, strong-scented flowers.[2] Its pollen is shed as permanent tetrads.[3]
The fruit is rounded, 15 to 20 centimeters wide, and covered with a felt-textured brown skin that is hard to cut open when ripe. The surface of the fruit has hooklike projections. It has many seeds which have a germination time of 1 to 6 months. Trees take about 1 to 3 years to bear and can be container grown. This species is closely related to the
sugar-apple and other Annonas. The soncoya is fairly obscure among Annonas; the fruit is of indifferent quality and has not attracted wide cultivation.[2] The fruit has a texture like the soursop
which some may describe as stringy or fibrous.
References
- . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ ISBN 0961018410. Retrieved 9 April 2013. Online at Purdue University Center for New Crops and Plant Products.
- ^ Walker JW (1971) Pollen Morphology, Phytogeography, and Phylogeny of the Annonaceae. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, 202: 1-130.
External links
- Annona purpurea at University of Connecticut, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Soncoya at Trade Winds Fruit
- Soncoya at Fruitsinfo.com
- [1] information regarding possible use in medical treatments.