| Type | Exotic |
|---|---|
| Family | Annonaceae |
| Local Name | Hanuman pazham |
| Common Name | Cherimoya |
| Origin | Tropical America |
| Botanical Features | Trees, branchlets rusty tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 6-12 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 5-14 x 4-9 cm, elliptic, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, base round or obtuse, shortly decurrent on petiole, apex acute, acuminate or obtuse, margin entire, pubescent above and velvety tomentose beneath, sub-coriaceous; lateral nerves 11-14 pairs, pinnate, flowers bisexual, green, solitary or upto 5 in extra-axillary or leaf opposed clusters; fruit an aggregate of berry, 12 x 8 cm, globose or subglobose, turning yellow or reddish, smooth; areoles rather flat, separated by a reticulation of often raised ridges; pulp yellowish; seeds black-brown. |