Taxon: Annona cherimola Mill.

Common names:

• atemóia   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• chérimolier   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• cherimóia   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• Cherimoya   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• cherimoya   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• chirimoyo   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• custard-apple   (Source: Pl Book )
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Human food: fruit   (fide Pl Book)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

Native:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Western South America: Ecuador [Andes]; Peru [Andes]

Other:

• cultivated elsewhere in tropics

References:

• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. (F Jam)
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979–1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae. (L Micrones)
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
• Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia. (Trees Bolivia) ["cherimolia"].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Little, E. L., Jr. et al. 1964–1974. Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. (Trees PR)
• Maas, P. J. M. et al. 1994. Studies in Annonaceae. XXI. Index to species and infraspecific taxa of neotropical Annonaceae. Candollea 49:397.
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. (Pl Book)
• Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. (Mansfeld)
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Spichiger, R., ed. 1985–. Flora del Paraguay. (F Parag) ["cherimolia"].
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
• Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 2:71.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Annona cherimola.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Annona cherimola. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Annona pubescens Salisb.
  
• (=) Annona tripetala Aiton
  

Check other databases for Annona cherimola Mill.:

• New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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