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Annona mucosa
Also called Wild Sweetsop
In Singapore: Biriba, Wild Sweetsop (Grown in Singapore)
Annona mucosa, called biribá or wild sweetsop, is a fast-growing, sun-loving tropical tree from South America grown for its soft, sweet fruit that tastes somewhat like lemon meringue pie. It is grown in frost-free tropical and subtropical areas and is not a houseplant.
Annona mucosa is a species of flowering plant in the custard-apple family, Annonaceae, that is native to tropical South America. It is cultivated for its edible fruits, commonly known as biribá, lemon meringue pie fruit, wild sugar-apple, or rollinia throughout the world's tropics and subtropics.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
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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.
