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Annona coriacea

Annona coriacea
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Annona coriacea (araticum) is a small tree from the Brazilian savannah (Cerrado) and scrub, grown mainly for its edible fruit and sometimes in orchards. Give it full sun and a well-drained, seasonally dry growing site.

Family
Annonaceae (Annon family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply during dry spells, then let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor, acidic soils.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Brazil to Paraguay
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Annona coriacea (araticum in Portuguese) is a fruit tree native to Brazil. Its original habitat includes the ecoregions of Cerrado, Caatinga, and Pantanal. There, it is typically found in scrublands and savannahs, though it is sometimes grown in orchards. Its wood is used in constructions and toys. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

A. coriacea typically reaches 3-6 meters tall and has a globose crown. It has simple leaves and terminal flowers that produce edible fruits, which are densely hairy when young. The heavily fragrant flowers are primarily pollinated by beetles at night.

Other Annona plants

Cherimoya · Fleshyflower Annona · Pond apple · Wild cherimoya of Jalisco · Ilama · Mountain soursop · Sugar Apple · Soursop · Annona nutans · Annona paludosa · Annona · Custard apple

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Annona coriacea 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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