Custard apple
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Custard apple is a common name for a fruit, and the tree which bears it, Annona reticulata.[1][2]
Custard apple may also be the name of some similar fruits produced by related trees: रामफल Ramphal Custard-apple - India
- Annonaceae, the soursop family.[3]
- Asimina triloba,[4] the "pawpaw", a deciduous tree, ranging from southern Ontario to Texas and Florida, that bears the largest edible fruit native to the United States or Canada.[5]
- Annona cherimola, a tree and fruit also called cherimoya.[6]
- Annona squamosa, a tree and fruit also called sugar apple or sweetsop[7]
- Annona senegalensis, a tree and fruit called wild custard-apple[8]
- Casimiroa edulis, under the Rutaceae (rue or citrus) family
References
- ^ "Custard Apple". Hort.purdue.edu. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
- ^ "Annona reticulata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ^ "Annonaceae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
- ^ http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Custard-apple
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
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- ^ "Annona squamosa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ^ "Annona senegalensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-04-21.