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Botanical Family · Magnoliales

Annonaceae

Custard apple family

50 speciesOrder Magnoliales8+ well-known plants

An ancient family of flowering plants closely related to the earliest angiosperms. Predominantly tropical trees and shrubs bearing fleshy, aromatic fruits. Includes custard apple (Annona squamosa), soursop (A. muricata), and ylang-ylang (Cananga odorata).

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Representative ANNONACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Annonaceae
Key pattern

Alternate, aromatic simple leaves arranged in two ranks along the twig; thick, fleshy petals sit in two whorls of three around a spiral of numerous separate carpels that fuse together into one knobby aggregate fruit.

One of the most ancient surviving flowering-plant lineages, retaining primitive floral traits — spiralled, unfused floral parts — that most other families have since reduced or fused away.

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Which Annonaceae species is this?

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HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
Climbing vine
Climbing/scrambling vine
Shrub
Shrub/small tree
Small tree
Tall columnar tree
Tree
Flower ColorWhat color are the flowers?
White/cream
Yellow
Yellow-green
Flower ColorWhat color are the flowers?
Not sure / other
White/cream
Yellow-green
Leaf TextureWhat does the leaf surface feel/look like?
Smooth/glossy
Woolly
Fruit MarkAnything distinctive about the fruit?
Bumpy segmented custard-apple-like fruit
Ordinary
Flower ColorWhat color are the flowers?
Green
Greenish-yellow drooping
Not sure / other
White/cream
Yellow
Yellow-green
Fruit MarkAnything distinctive about the fruit?
Netted-skin fruit
Not sure / other
Small clustered berries
Leaf TextureWhat does the leaf surface feel/look like?
Smooth/glossy
Velvety
Woolly

How to recognise the Annonaceae family

  • 01

    Alternate, entire leaves with aromatic oil glands

  • 02

    Thick fleshy petals in whorls of 3

  • 03

    Aggregate or syncarpous fleshy fruit

Typical leaf characters

Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.

Typical flower & fruit

Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.

Notable members

Cherimoya, AtemoyaAnnona cherimolaAlligato Apple, Corkwood, Mangrove Anona, Monkey Apple, Palo Bobo, Pond AppleAnnona glabraSoursop, Guanabana, Graviola, Prickly Custard AppleAnnona muricataBullock's HeartAnnona reticulataCustard Apple, Sugar Apple, Sweet Sop, Sweetsop-Anon, AraticumAnnona squamosaClimbing Ylang-Ylang, Bhandari Vine, Tail Grape, Hari ChampaArtabotrys hexapetalusCeylon Green ChampaArtabotrys zeylanicusCeylon Green ChampaArtabotrys zeylanicus var. kottavasaliyana

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