Annonaceae: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	custard apple family • annona family

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alligator apple tree

A single pinha (Annona squamosa) fruit hangs from a branch surrounded by green leaves.

A hand holds a halved pawpaw fruit showing yellow flesh and dark seeds. Large text reads the fruit you've NEVER heard of, over a dark leafy background.

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Topics

Asimina custard apple Rollinia Rollinia pulchrinervis Unonopsis veneficiorum Xylopia aethiopica Porcelia saffordiana African whitewood black lancewood solera lancewood Magnoliaceae Myristicaceae Winteraceae

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