| Type | Exotic |
|---|---|
| Family | Annonaceae |
| Common Name | Custard apple |
| Origin | Tropical America |
| Tree Seed | Seed weight: 400 to 500 seeds/kg. Vernacular name: Sitappalam, Attaccakka, Atta (Malayalam); Sitappalam, Atta seethappazham (Tamil); Seetaphal, Sharifa (Hindi) (Bose et al., 1998). Flowering season: March to July, April to July (Bose et al., 1998). Fruiting season: September to October; August to November (Bose et al., 1998). Germination percentage: 70 to 80 Method of propagation: By seeds. |
| Botanical Features | Trees, brownish or brownish-black; branchlets seriaceous, glabrous when mature. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, estipulate; petiole 6-20 mm long, stout, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 5-17 x 2-7 cm, ovate, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, base acute, obtuse, cuneate, or round, apex acute or obtuse, margin entire, glabrous, glaucous beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 8-12 pairs, pinnate, prominent, flowers bisexual, axillary, solitary or a few together, fruit an aggregate of berry, 8-10 cm across, ovoid, greenish, glabrous, tuberculate with rounded tips, glaucous, pulp white; seeds many, black, shiny. |
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