Annona purpurea

Annona purpurea
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Annonaceae
Genus:	Annona
Species:	A. purpurea
Binomial name
	Annona purpurea; Moc. & Sessé ex Dunal
Synonyms
	Annona involucrata Baill.; Annona manirote Kunth; Annona prestoei Hemsl.

Annona purpurea is an edible fruit and medicinal plant in the Annonaceae family. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America. Its common names include soncoya, sincuya, and cabeza de negro.

Description

It is a small to medium tree reaching a maximum of 6 to 10 metres (20 to 33 ft). It is deciduous with hairy leaves and large, strong-scented flowers.^[2] Its pollen is shed as permanent tetrads.^[3]

The fruit is rounded, 15 to 20 centimeters wide, and covered with a felt-textured brown skin that is hard to cut open when ripe. The surface of the fruit has hooklike projections. It has many seeds which have a germination time of 1 to 6 months. Trees take about 1 to 3 years to bear and can be container grown. This species is closely related to the cherimoya, the sugar-apple and other Annonas. The soncoya is fairly obscure among Annonas; the fruit is of indifferent quality and has not attracted wide cultivation.^[2] The fruit has a texture like the soursop which some may describe as stringy or fibrous.

References

^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Annona purpurea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T143319997A143319999. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T143319997A143319999.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Morton, Julia F. (1987). "Soncoya". Fruits of Warm Climates. Miami, FL: J.F. Morton. p. 85. ISBN 0961018410. Retrieved 9 April 2013. Online at Purdue University Center for New Crops and Plant Products.
^ Walker JW (1971) Pollen Morphology, Phytogeography, and Phylogeny of the Annonaceae. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, 202: 1-130.

External links

Annona purpurea at University of Connecticut, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Soncoya at Trade Winds Fruit
Soncoya at Fruitsinfo.com
[1] information regarding possible use in medical treatments.

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[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Annona purpurea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T143319997A143319999. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T143319997A143319999.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[Morton-2] Morton, Julia F. (1987). "Soncoya". Fruits of Warm Climates. Miami, FL: J.F. Morton. p. 85. ISBN 0961018410. Retrieved 9 April 2013. Online at Purdue University Center for New Crops and Plant Products.

[3] Walker JW (1971) Pollen Morphology, Phytogeography, and Phylogeny of the Annonaceae. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, 202: 1-130.

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