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 purpurea Sessé & Mocino ex Dunal
Family
ANNONACEAE
Vernacular
Names
Soncoya (En, Sp).
Distribution
Wild and cultivated in southern Mexico and Central America. Introduced and cultivated in the Philippines.
Uses
The fruit is eaten raw and also
made into juice. Medicinally the juice is regarded as a remedy for
fever, chills and jaundice; a decoction of the bark is effective
against dysentery and edema; seed extracts destroy fleas.
Observations
Tree,
6—10 m tall. Leaves deciduous, large, brown hairy on both sides.
Fruit a globose to ovoid pseudocarp, up to 20 cm diameter, set with
hard, 4-sided, conical protuberances, each tipped with a curved hook,
brown felty; pulp aromatic, resembling taste of mango, yellow-orange,
with numerous dark brown seeds. Common in coastal lowlands, requiring a
hot humid climate. Because of large, aromatic and thick-skinned fruits,
the species is of interest for breeding purposes.
Selected Sources
[8]
Brown, W.H., 1951–1957. Useful plants of the Philippines. Reprint
of the 1941–1943 ed. 3 Volumes. Department of Agriculture and
Natural Resources. Technical Bulletin 10. Bureau of Printing, Manila,
the Philippines.
[56] Morton, J.F., 1987. Fruits of warm climates. Creative Resource Systems Inc., Winterville, N.C., USA. 503 pp.
[60]
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
P. C. M. Jansen, et al. "Annona purpurea Sessé & Mocino ex Dunal." 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 1572, 1991, PROSEA, (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0),
www.prota4u.org/prosea/view.aspx?id=1572. Accessed 22 June 2022.
Published 22 June 2022 LR
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