From Plant
Resources of South-East Asia No 2: Edible fruits and nuts, PROSEA
Foundation
by P. C. M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L. P. A. Oyen, T. G. van Lingen
Taxon
Annona montana Macfadyen
Family
ANNONACEAE
Synonym
Annona
marcgravii Mart.
Vernacular
Names
Mountain soursop (En). Corosollier bâtard (Fr). Guanabana cimarrona
(Sp). Philippines: ponhe.
Distribution
Growing wild throughout the West Indies and southward into Peru and
Brazil. It is occasionally cultivated, also in South-East Asia.
Uses
The
fruit is inferior to that of soursop but is used in the same way.
Occasionally it is used as an ornamental and as rootstock for other
species.
Observations
Tree, resembling the soursop, but less susceptible to cold. Leaves
larger than those of soursop. The fruit a smaller pseudocarp, ca.
globose, up to 15 cm diameter, with short yellow prickles (not
recurved); pulp is yellow, subacid to bitter, containing many
light-brown seeds. It grows up to 700 m altitude.
Literature
Fouqué, A., 1972–1974. Espèces fruitières d'Amérique tropicale. Fruits
27–29.
Mansfeld, R. & Schultze-Motel, J., 1986. Verzeichnis
landwirtschaftlicher und gärtnerischer Kuturpflanzen. 2nd ed. 4
Volumes. Springer Verlag, Berlin. 1998 pp.
Morton, J.F., 1987. Fruits of warm climates. Creative Resource Systems
Inc., Winterville, N.C., USA. 503 pp.
Ochse, J.J., Soule, M.J., Dijkman, M.J. & Wehlburg, C., 1961.
Tropical and subtropical agriculture. 2 Volumes. The Macmillan Company,
New York. 1446 pp.
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Bibliography
Jansen, P. C. M., et al. "Annona
montana Macfadyen" Edible
fruits and nuts,
Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 2, Edited by E. W. M.
Verheij, and
R. E. Coronel, PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia, record
1530, 1991, PROSEA,
(CC BY-NC-SA
3.0),
www.prota4u.org/prosea/view.aspx?id=1571. Accessed 16 Aug. 2021.
Published 16 Aug. 2021 LR
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