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Annona paludosa

Annona paludosa
Photo: William Safford is the author of the article that the illustration came from, the illustration itself is unattributed., Public domain

Annona paludosa is a small shrub in the custard apple family, native to swampy wet tropical areas of northern South America. It is rarely grown in gardens, and it does best in moist, humus-rich soil in warm, humid conditions.

Family
Annonaceae (Annon family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist and never let it dry out completely.
Soil
Moist, rich, well-drained organic mix that holds moisture.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Suriname to Brazil and N. Bolivia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Annona paludosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Annonaceae. It is a shrub native to northern Bolivia, northern and central Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname. Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, the French pharmacist and botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its swampy (paludosus in Latin) habitat.

Other Annona plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Annona paludosa 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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