Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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2729.000 Annona
Description of the genus
Trees, shrubs or shrublets. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered cymes or fascicles, terminal or extra-axillary. Bracteoles 0-2, persistent. Sepals 3, much shorter than the petals. Petals 6, in two whorls, free or connate at base. Stamens numerous, linear to linear-clavate. Carpels numerous, united in fruit. Fruit ovoid-spherical to cylindric, many-seeded. Seeds irregularly arranged in the fruit; aril like a caruncle. Derivation of name: latinised from a Taino name Worldwide: 137 species, mostly South American with a few (8) in Africa. Zimbabwe: 5 cultivated taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| cherimola Mill. | |
| muricata L. | Image |
| reticulata L. | |
| senegalensis Pers. subsp. senegalensis | Description, Image |
| squamosa L. | Image |
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Flora of Botswana: AnnonaFlora of Burundi: Annona
Flora of Caprivi: Annona
Flora of Malawi: Annona
Flora of Mozambique: Annona
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Annona
Flora of Zambia: Annona
Flora of Zimbabwe: Annona
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AnnonaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Annona
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Annona
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Annona
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Annona
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Annona
JSTOR Plant Science: Annona
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Annona
Plants of the World Online: Annona
Tropicos: Annona
Wikipedia: Annona
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