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Annona cherimolioides

Annona cherimolioides
Photo: The image is credited as being drawn by J.M. Shull and is found in an article by S.E. Safford: Safford, W.E. (1913) Raim, Public domain

Annona cherimolioides is a small tree from the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador, related to the cherimoya and grown mainly for its fruit and as an ornamental. Like other annonas it needs a warm, frost-free climate and well-drained soil.

Family
Annonaceae (Annon family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings; reduce water in cooler months.
Soil
Well-drained loamy soil or potting mix with good organic content.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Colombia to Ecuador
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Annona cherimolioides is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is native to Colombia and Ecuador. José Jerónimo Triana and Jules Émile Planchon, the botanists who first formally described the species, named it after its resemblance to another Annona species A. cherimoya.

Other Annona plants

Annona acuminata · Annona acutiflora · Annona ambotay · Annona andicola · Annona angustifolia · Annona asplundiana · Annona atabapensis · Annona aurantiaca · Annona bahiensis · Annona boliviana · Annona bullata · Annona cacans

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Annona cherimolioides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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