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Taxon: Annona muricata L.

Genus: Annona
Family: Annonaceae.
Nomen number: 3492
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:536. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 11-Jul-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 11-Jul-1997
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA). Alternate site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Hilo (HILO).
Accessions: 3 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • soursop   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • cachiman épineux   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • corossol épineux   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • Sauersack   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  • Stachelannone   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • graviola   (Source: P. J. M. Maas, p.c.) – Portuguese
  • araticum-grande   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • araticum-manso   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • coração-de-rainha   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • jaca-de-pobre   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • jaca-do-Pará   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • guanábana   (Source: CoopAmaz ) – Spanish
  • guanábano   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
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Distributional range:

      Naturalized:
  • widely naturalized

      Cultivated:
  • widely cultivated

      Other:
  • probable origin West Indies

References:

  • Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. (F Jam)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. 1982. Edible Horticultural Crops. (Edible HC)
  • Hoehne. 1946. Frutas indigenas, Inst. Bot. São Paulo.
  • Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
  • IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
  • Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption. (L Edible Pl)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Liogier, H. A. 1984–. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. (F PuertoR)
  • Maas, P. J. M. et al. 1994. Studies in Annonaceae. XXI. Index to species and infraspecific taxa of neotropical Annonaceae. Candollea 49:404.
  • Maas, P. J. M. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].
  • 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)
  • Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3). (F Nicaragua)
  • Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. (F VenGuay)
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
  • Villachica, H. 1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorios de la amazonia. In: Secretaria Pro-Tempore, Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. (CoopAmaz) 44:129–136.
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Check other databases for Annona muricata L.:

  • New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
  • 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:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google 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.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?3492 (09 February 2010)

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