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mountain soursop
Annona montana
Annona montana or Mountain soursop is an edible fruit and medicinal plant in the Annonaceae family native to Central America, the Amazon, and islands in the Caribbean. It has fibrous fruits. A. montana might find its greatest impact as rootstock for cultivated Annonas. The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.
From the article Annona montana on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The tree is similar to Annona muricata, but has a more spreading crown and glossy leaves. It is slightly hardier and bears fruit throughout the year. It tolerates brief temperature drops down to 24 °F (−4 °C) when full grown. Its pollen is shed as permanent tetrads. The fruits are nearly round, with dark green skin covered with many short fleshy spines, and are about 15 centimetres (5.9 in) long. Yellow, fibrous pulp – which is aromatic – is sour and bitter, containing many light-brown, plump seeds. There is history of its use as a traditional medicine.
Range & habitat
A. montana grows wild at altitudes from 0 metres (0 ft) to 650 metres (2,130 ft). Its natural distribution is:
Caribbean: West Indies Central America: Costa Rica, Panama South America: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Brazil United States: Southern Florida
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
In human culture
The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or "coming from mountains".
English: mountain soursop, mountain sop, wild soursop Czech: mountain soursop German: Schleimapfel Spanish: guanábana cimarrona, guanábana, guanábana de loma, guanábana de monte, guanábana de perro, taragus, turagua French: corossolier bâtard Guarani: araticu Hungarian: hegyi annóna Portuguese: araticum, araticum açú, araticum apé Slovak: anona
Wikipedia: “Etymology and common names”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 430650.