Atemoya

Atemoya
	; Left: Taiwanese "pineapple shijia" (Atemoya, a hybrid of sugar-apple and cherimoya); Right: Regular Taiwanese shijia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae;
(unranked):	Angiosperms;
(unranked):	Magnoliids;
Order:	Magnoliales;
Family:	Annonaceae;
Genus:	Annona;
Species:	A. ×atemoya;
Binomial name
	Annona ×atemoya; Mabb.

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The atemoya, Annona ×atemoya, is a cross between two tropical fruits – the sweetsop (Annona squamosa) and the cherimoya (Annona cherimola) – which are both native fruits of the tropical Americas. This fruit is popular in Taiwan where it is known as the "pineapple sweetsop" (鳳梨釋迦) and is sometimes mistaken for a cross between the sweetsop and the pineapple. In Cuba this fruit is called mamon, and in Venezuela chirimorinon.

An atemoya is normally heart-shaped or rounded, with pale-green, easily-bruised, bumpy skin. It is very juicy and smooth, with the white flesh tasting slightly sweet and a little tart, reminiscent of a Piña Colada. There are many inedible black seeds throughout the flesh of the atemoya. The seeds are toxic. ^[1]