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Annona papilionella is a tree in the custard apple family (Annonaceae) native to wet tropical areas from Central America to Bolivia. It is a wild forest species with little horticultural history, so it is not a common cultivated plant.
Annona papilionella is a species of flowering plant in the Annonaceae family. It is a tree found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru. It was first described by Friedrich Ludwig Diels in 1927, and received its current name by H. Rainer in 2007.
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 papilionella 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.
