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Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

PORTUGUESE: anona-do-Chile, cabeça-de-negro, cherimólia, chirimolia,<br />

fruta-do-conde, grabiola, graveola, graviola<br />

SPANISH: anón, anona, anona blanca, anona de tierra fría, anona del<br />

Perú, anona poshté, bichichinejo, cachimán de la China, c<strong>at</strong>uche,<br />

cherimalla, cherimola, cherimolia, cherimoya, cherimoyales,<br />

chirimolla, chirimorriñón, chirimoya, chirimoyo, chirimoyo del<br />

Perú, girimoya, masa, momona, poox, poshté, pox, usisuiti<br />

USES/NOTES: Sweet to tart fruit pulp is e<strong>at</strong>en fresh or used in drinks,<br />

ice cream, and sherbet. Seeds contain an oil used in paints and<br />

insecticides. Leaves and seeds are used in folk remedies. Widely<br />

cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed and more cold-hardy than most Annona species. The<br />

<strong>at</strong>emoya, a hybrid <strong>of</strong> A. cherimola and A. squamosa, developed in<br />

Florida, combines <strong>the</strong> hardiness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cherimoya (A. cherimola)<br />

with <strong>the</strong> sweetness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sugar apple (A. squamosa).<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Cool Andean highlands <strong>of</strong> Peru<br />

REFERENCES: Bonavia et al. 2004, Bourke et al. 1987, Campbell 1984,<br />

Duke 1986, Johns and Stevenson 1985, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Martin et al.<br />

1987, Morton 1987a, NRC 1989, OAS 1973, Smith et al. 1992<br />

Annona coriacea Mart.<br />

FAMILY: Annonaceae (custard-apple)<br />

PORTUGUESE: ar<strong>at</strong>icum, ar<strong>at</strong>icum-de-tabuleiro, cabeça-de-negro<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987, Spichiger and Mascherpa 1983<br />

Annona cornifolia St-Hil.<br />

FAMILY: Annonaceae (custard-apple)<br />

PORTUGUESE: aranticó-mirim<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987<br />

Annona crassiflora Mart.<br />

FAMILY: Annonaceae (custard-apple)<br />

PORTUGUESE: ar<strong>at</strong>icum, ar<strong>at</strong>icum-do-cerrado, coração-de-boi, marolo,<br />

ongrê<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit is edible. Seeds and leaves are used for medicnal<br />

tea, though seeds <strong>the</strong>mselves are toxic.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Alves Rodrigues et al. 2002, Jardim Botânico de Brasília<br />

1989, Martin et al. 1987, Posey 1984, Spichiger and Mascherpa 1983<br />

Annona densicoma Mart.<br />

FAMILY: Annonaceae (custard-apple)<br />

PORTUGUESE: ar<strong>at</strong>icum-do-m<strong>at</strong>o<br />

USES/NOTES: Sweet pulp <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> large, arom<strong>at</strong>ic, oval fruit is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Brazil<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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