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Annona montana
'''''''or Mountain soursopis an edible fruit and medicinal plant in the Annonaceae family native to Central America and islands in the Caribbean. Fibrous fruits that are considered to be inedible by the Jamaicans
make a better juice. ' might find its greatest impact as rootstock for cultivated Annonas.
Common names
Description
The tree somewhat resembles that of Annona muricata but has a more spreading crown and very glossy leaves. It is slightly hardier and bears more or less continuously.
;Fruits: Nearly round, dark green skin that is covered with many short fleshy spines and about long. Yellow, fiberous pulp which is aromatic, sour to subacid and bitter and contains many light-brown, plump seeds.
Distribution
Found growing at altitudes from to .
;NativeNeotropic:
Caribbean: West Indies
Central America: Costa Rica, Panama
Western South America: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador
See also
List of plants of Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil
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