184 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



wliichopen liyaslitdown tlu'side. Liuives 2 to 5 meters lonfr, mostly bipinnate, witli 

 swollen ractliises; leatlets 10 to 80 cm. long, 1.5 to 4 cm. wide, the margin entire or 

 slightly toothed. 



'Pills si)ecieH is common on many Polynesian islands. It grows in the Philip))ines, 



India, Japan, Madagascar, ami Qneensfand. Tt is easily ])ro]>agated by liu' liesliy 



scales at the base of each frond, each scale containing at least two dormant bn<ls. In 



Samoa the name l>y which the natives distingnish it is also a])i)lied 1o Mdrntl'in 



fraxhmi, an allied species with the same habit of grow th. 



References: 



Atujiujileris evecta (Forst. ) Hoffm. Com. Goett. 12:29. t. 5. (ex Lnerssen in 



Schenck & Luerssen, Mittheilnngen aus der Botanik 1 : 257. 1874. 

 Pohjpodium evectum Forst. Prod. 81. 1786. 

 Ango (Samoa). See Curcuma longa. 

 Anilao (Guam). See Greivia imdtiflora. 

 Anilis (Guam). See Indigofera cndl and /. tincturia. 

 Anis hinojo (Philippines, Guam). See Foeniculumfoeniculum. 

 Annatto. See Bixa orellana. 



Annona muricata. Soursop. Plate xxxiii. 



Family Annonaceae. 



Local names. — Laguand (Guam); Guanabano (Philippines, Mexico, Peru). 

 A small tree bearing large oblong or conical, dark green fruit having a rough spiny 

 skin and filled with soft white juicy acid pulp. The leaves are elliptical, pointed, 

 glossy above and rusty beneath, becoming glabrous; young growth scurfy-pubescent; 

 flower with six petals, the three outer ones acute, greenish, the three inner ones more 

 conspicuous, obtuse, yellow or red; jjistils many, each with one erect ovule, uniting 

 to form the fleshy fruit or syncarpium. 



In Guam this species is not so commonly cultivated as the sugar apple {A. squamosa). 

 It has a pleasant acid flavor. The natives make jelly of it and preserve the fruit. 

 In the East Indies it is used for flavoring ice cream and iiuddings. It is of American 

 origin and was introduced into Guam at least a century ago. The vernacular name, 

 htijwuM, is probably derived from La Guandbana, the Spanish-American name of 

 the fruit. 



References: 

 Annona muricata L. Sp. PI. 1: 536. 1753. 



Annona reticulata. Bullock's heart. Custard-apple. 



Local names. — Anonas (Guam, Philippines); Corazon (Porto Rico). 



A tree of American origin, 4 to 8 meters high, bearing a smooth, heart-shaped 

 fruit with small depressions on the surface, yellowish before maturity and often 

 becoming a deep red at length, which gives to it its appropriate English name. 

 Leaves lanceolate or oblong and pointed, glabrous above and rough, at length becom- 

 ing smooth beneath; flowers with the three exterior petals oblong-linear and keeled 

 on the inside, acute, greenish^ with purple spots at the base; inner petals minute; 

 pistils many, united into the fleshy syncarpium (multiple fruit). 



In Guam this species has established itself more fully than the others of the genus. 

 It is found growing wild in the woods and along roadsides. The fruit is long in 

 ripening, the plant yielding but one crop a year, while ripe fruit of the sour-sop and 

 sugar-apple can be found during most months of the year. The flavor of the fruit 

 of Annona reticulata growing in Guam is not nearly so good as that of the other 

 species. It is sweet but insipid, and the pulp has a tallow-like consistency. The 

 natives do not esteem it highly, but it is a favorite food of the "fanihi," or fruit- 

 eating l)at of the island {Pteropus keraudreni). 

 References: 

 Annona reticulata L. Sp. PI. 1: 537. 1753. 



