Custard apple

Custard apple is a common name for a fruit, and the tree which bears it, Annona reticulata^[1][2]

Custard apple may also refer to similar fruits produced by related trees:

• Annonaceae, the soursop family.^[3]
  • Asimina triloba,^[4] the "pawpaw", a deciduous tree, ranging from southern Ontario to Texas and Florida, that bears the largest edible fruit native to the United States or Canada.^[5]
  • Annona cherimola, a tree and fruit also called cherimoya.^[6]
  • Annona squamosa, a tree and fruit also called sugar apple or sweetsop^[7]
  • Annona senegalensis, a tree and fruit called wild custard-apple^[8]
• Casimiroa edulis, also called white sapote, a fruit related to the citrus.

References

1. "Custard Apple". Hort.purdue.edu. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
2. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). "Taxon: Annona reticulata L.". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
3. "Annonaceae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
4. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Custard-apple
5. http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/pawpaw/cooking.htm
6. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). "Taxon: Annona cherimola L.". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
7. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). "Taxon: Annona squamosa". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
8. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). "Taxon: Annona senegalensis". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 2008-04-21.

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1. "Health Benefits of Custard Apple", 22 December 2014. Retrieved on 3 May 2015.