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

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Rollinia mucosa (Jacq.) Baillon [syn. R. curvipetala R.E. Fries, R.<br />

deliciosa Saff., R. jimenzii Saff., R. orthopetala (L.) A. DC., R.<br />

pulchrinervis A. DC., R. sieberi A. DC., Annona mucosa Jacq.]<br />

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

ENGLISH: annona, cachiman montagne, wild cachiman, wild sugar apple,<br />

wild soursop, wild sweetsop<br />

PORTUGUESE: ar<strong>at</strong>icu, ar<strong>at</strong>icum, ar<strong>at</strong>icum pitaia, <strong>at</strong>a-brava, baribá,<br />

beribá, biribá, biribá-bravo, biribá-de-Pernambuco, condessa,<br />

fruta-da-condessa, jaca-de-pobre<br />

SPANISH: anón cimarrón, anona, anona babosa, anonilla, anonillo de<br />

monte, biribá, cachimán, candongo, chirimoya, guanábana cimarrona,<br />

mul<strong>at</strong>o, riñón, riñón de montaña, riñón de monte, zambo<br />

USES/NOTES: Widely cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed around homes and on small farms for <strong>the</strong><br />

large, segmented, yellow fruit with its custard-like, sweet pulp,<br />

consumed as juice, wine, or in ice cream. Fruit and seed also are<br />

medicinal.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: probably western Amazonian Brazil and adjacent Peru,<br />

though previously thought to be from <strong>the</strong> West Indies, now<br />

widespread in <strong>the</strong> neotropics<br />

REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Balée 1994, Berg 1984, Brako and<br />

Zarucchi 1993, Bourke et al. 1987, Campbell 1984, Cavalcante 1991,<br />

Clement 1989, Clement et al. 1982, Duke and Vásquez 1994, IBGE<br />

1980, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Martin et al. 1987, Molina 1975, Morton<br />

1987a, Peret 1985, Renner et al. 1990, Silva et al. 1977, Smith et<br />

al. 1992, UFA/NYBG n.d., Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Vásquez and Gentry 1989<br />

Rollinia pittieri Saff. [syn. R. papilionella Diels]<br />

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

SPANISH: cherimoya, sacha anona<br />

USES/NOTES: Planted and encouraged in old fields for edible fruit pulp<br />

and wood used in general construction.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonia<br />

REFERENCES: Bennett et al. 2001, Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Duke and<br />

Vásquez 1994<br />

Rollinia sylv<strong>at</strong>ica (A. St.-Hil.) Mart. [syn. R. exalbida (Vell.)<br />

Mart., R. fagifolia A. St.-Hil., Annona cherimola auct. non<br />

Mill. nomen illegit., A. exalbida Vell., A. fagifolia A. St.-Hil. &<br />

Tul., A. silvestris Vell., A. sylv<strong>at</strong>ica A. St.-Hil. (basionym)]<br />

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

PORTUGUESE: alchexu, ar<strong>at</strong>icu, ar<strong>at</strong>icu-da-m<strong>at</strong>a, ar<strong>at</strong>icum, ar<strong>at</strong>icumalvadio,<br />

ar<strong>at</strong>icum-do-grande, ar<strong>at</strong>icum-do-m<strong>at</strong>o, bananinha, biribá,<br />

cortica, cortica-de-comer, embira-vermelha, pinha<br />

USES/NOTES: White, creamy fruit pulp is sweet.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil from Rio Grande do Sul in <strong>the</strong> south through Minas<br />

Gerais and Bahia<br />

REFERENCES: Maas et al. 1992, Martin et al. 1987, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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