Botanical Family · Magnoliales
Annonaceae
Custard apple family
51 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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How to recognise the Annonaceae family
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Alternate, entire leaves with aromatic oil glands
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Thick fleshy petals in whorls of 3
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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
All 51 species in ANNONACEAE
- Cherimoya, AtemoyaAnnona cherimola
- Alligato Apple, Corkwood, Mangrove Anona, Monkey Apple, Palo Bobo, Pond AppleAnnona glabra
- Soursop, Guanabana, Graviola, Prickly Custard AppleAnnona muricata
- Bullock's HeartAnnona reticulata
- Custard Apple, Sugar Apple, Sweet Sop, Sweetsop-Anon, AraticumAnnona squamosa
- Climbing Ylang-Ylang, Bhandari Vine, Tail Grape, Hari ChampaArtabotrys hexapetalus
- Ceylon Green ChampaArtabotrys zeylanicus
- Ceylon Green ChampaArtabotrys zeylanicus var. kottavasaliyana
- Scented Ylang-Ylang, Langilangi, Maramar, Perfume TreeCananga odorata
- Chinese Eagle ClawDesmos chinensis
- Ghat GoniothalamusGoniothalamus cardiopetalus
- Malabar FingersopMeiogyne pannosa
- Woolly MiliusaMiliusa tomentosa
- Velvety MiliusaMiliusa velutina
- Malabar MiliusaMiliusa wightiana
- Nilgiri Cap-FlowerMitrephora heyneana
- False AshokaMonoon longifolium
- Single-Flowered OropheaOrophea uniflora
- Cherry AshokPolyalthia cerasoides
- Fragrant Cherry NutmegPolyalthia fragrans
- DunalPolyalthia korinti
- Cemetery Tree, Mast Tree, Telegraph Pole TreePolyalthia longifolia
- Corky Debbar TreePolyalthia suberosa
- Eastern UvariaUvaria hamiltonii
- South-Indian UvariaUvaria narum
- Alphonsea lutea
- Alphonsea sclerocarpa
- Cyathocalyx zeylanicus
- Desmos lawii
- Friesodielsia sahyadrica
- Goniothalamus wightii
- Goniothalamus wynaadensis
- Meiogyne ramarowii
- Miliusa flaviviridis
- Miliusa gokhalaei
- Miliusa leschenaultii
- Miliusa nilagirica
- Miliusa wayanadica
- Orophea malabarica
- Orophea sivarajanii
- Orophea thomsonii
- Orophea zeylanica
- Phaeanthus malabaricus
- Polyalthia angustifolia
- Polyalthia coffeoides
- Polyalthia simiarum
- Polyalthia suberosa
- Popowia beddomeana
- Sageraea laurifolia
- Uvaria eucincta
- Uvaria lurida
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