Rivers End Nursery and Farm: Sugar Apple

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Annona squamosa

Saramulla, Atis, Fan-li-chi, Manonah, Noi na, Anon

The sugar apple is a small, sprawling tree grown in tropical and subtropical areas. Fruit is usually heart-shaped and covered with segmented protuberences. Texture of the knobby fruit is pudding-like, having many large, black seeds. (28°F, Trop. Amer.)

Cultivars:

Green Seedling

Fruit turns from green to slightly yellow when ripe. This is one type of fruit that comes fairly true to seed. Typically the plant begins producing in the 2nd year.

Kampong Mauve

Fruit and flesh has a red tint. These are grafted trees.