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Annona sericea

Annona sericea
Photo: Michel Félix Dunal, Public domain
Family
Annonaceae (Annon family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Trinidad to S. Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Annona sericea is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago and Venezuela. Michel Félix Dunal, the French botanist who first formally described the species, named it after the silky hairs (sericeus in Latin) on its branches and leaves. In Brazil its common name is Aratincum do Para.

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 sericea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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