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Custard apple is a common name for several fruits and may refer to Annonaceae, the custard apple family,[1] which includes the following species referred to as custard apples:
- Annona cherimola, a tree and fruit also called cherimoya[2]
- Annona muricata, a tree and fruit also called guanábana or soursop[3]
- Annona reticulata, a tree and fruit also called custard apple, ox heart or bullock's heart
- Annona senegalensis, a tree and fruit called wild custard-apple[4]
- Annona squamosa, a tree and fruit also called sugar apple or sweetsop[5]
- Asimina triloba,[6] the "pawpaw", a deciduous tree, with a range from southern Ontario to Texas and Florida, that bears the largest edible fruit native to the United States or Canada.[7]
Custard apple may also refer to Casimiroa edulis, in the rue or citrus family, Rutaceae.
References
- ^ "Annonaceae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
- ^ "Annona cherimola". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ^ "Annona muricata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "Annona senegalensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ^ "Annona squamosa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ^ "Custard-apple". TheFreeDictionary.com.
- ^ "Pawpaw Description and Nutritional Information". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-07-14.