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A. DC., from which it can be distinguished by the decurved 

 wings of its flowers. The leaves are obovate-oblong or elliptic 

 in form, acuminate, 8 to 11 inches long, and nearly glabrous. 

 The fruit is roundish oblate in shape, 3 to 5 inches in diameter, 

 cream-yellow in color, with the areoles distinctly outlined. 

 The flesh is white or cream-colored, juicy, sweet, and of pleasant 

 flavor. In Para it has been characterized as the finest annona- 

 ceous fruit of tropical America, but Florida-grown fruits do 

 not entitle the species to this distinction : neither do specimens 

 purchased in the markets of Rio de Janeiro, where they are sold 

 under the name fructa da condessa (Countess' fruit). The tree 

 is adapted only to tropical lowlands and to regions in the sub- 

 tropics which are practically free from frost. At Miami, 

 Florida, the mature tree has been killed by a temperature of 

 26.5 above zero. 



