Description
Custard apple (scientific name: Annona squamosa Linn.) Annona family, annona is a small deciduous tree; the bark is thin, off-white, with many branches. The leaves are thin paper, elliptical-lanceolate, and the back is pale green; the lateral veins are flat on the top and convex on the bottom. The flowers are solitary or 2-4 clustered on the tops of branches or opposite to the leaves, bluish-yellow; flower buds are lanceolate; sepals are triangular and puberulent; outer ring petals are narrow and thick, oblong; stamens are oblong, medicinal The compartments are wide; the carpels are hairless, with 1 ovule per carpel. The fruit is composed of many round or oval mature carpels that are micro-connected and easily separated into aggregate berries, round or heart-shaped conical, hairless, yellow-green, and white frost on the outside. Flowering from May to June, fruiting from June to November.
It is cultivated in Zhejiang, Taiwan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Yunnan provinces and regions in China. Native to tropical America; now cultivated in tropical regions around the world. The fruit is edible and looks exactly like lychee, hence the name "Sugar apple". It is a famous fruit in tropical regions. It contains 2.34% protein, 0.3% fat and 20.42% carbohydrates; seeds contain 20% oil. Bark fiber can be used to make paper. The root can be used medicinally to treat acute red dysentery, depression, and spinal cord disease; the fruit can treat malignant sores, swelling and pain, and invigorate the spleen. Lac insect host tree
