Annona squamosa

Sugar apple is a fruit of the tree Annona squamosa.

Its larvae had been found in February on sugar-apples (Annona squamosa).

The larvae feed on Annona squamosa.

Sugar-apple (Annona squamosa)

Aqueous extrats of Annona squamosa seeds possessed significant antitumor activity in vivo against AD-5 tumor.

The atemoya, Annona x atemoya, is a hybrid of two fruits - the sugar-apple (Annona squamosa) and the cherimoya (A. cherimola) - which are both native to the American tropics.

Annona squamosa (also called sugar-apple or sweetsop) is a species of Annona native to the tropical Americas and widely grown in Colombia, El Salvador, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Philippines.

The larva feed on Uvaria caffra, Artabotrys monteiroae, Uvaria bukobensis, Uvara chamae, Landolphia buchannani, Landolphia ugandensis, Polyalthia spp., Annona reticulata, Annona senegalensis, Annona squamosa, and Monanthotaxis caffra.

They include Abrus precatorius, Aloe vera, Annona squamosa, Bryonia lacinosa, Aegle marmelos, Madhuca indica, Ficus racemosa, Holoptelea integrifolia, Lawsonia enermis, Tylophora asthmatica, Gloriosa superba, Gymnema sylvestre, Hemidesmus indicus, etc.

Fruit trees in the area include mangifera indica, Manilkara zapota, Melicoccus bijugatus, Psidium littorale, Coccoloba uvifera, Zyziphus vulgaris, Annona squamosa, Tamarindus indica, Spondias purpurea, Anacardium occidentale, guanábana, Citrus x limon and Swingla ornata.