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Custard Apple, Sugar Apple, Sweetsop
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Annona squamosa

Custard Apple, Sugar Apple, SweetsopTree

Annona squamosa is a small, well-branched tree or shrub from the family Annonaceae that bears edible fruits called sugar apples or sweetsops or custard apples. It tolerates a tropical lowland climate better than its relatives Annona reticulata and Annona cherimola helping make it the most widely cultivated of these species.

FamilyAnnonaceae
GenusAnnona
NativeNorth America
LifespanPerennial

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