CHAPTER VI 



Anonaceae 

 Custard apple, Anona Squamosa (Linn,), Synonym, Sweet 

 sop. 



Origin 



West Indian Islands, cultivated for how many centuries 

 not known. 



Description and Ha'b it at . 



Leaves oblong obtuse or accuminate glaucous "beneath and 

 pubescent when young, fruit tubercled, 



Naturalized especially in the Western Peninsula, Dis- 

 tribution, Tropical America, 



A small tree. Leaves 2-^5 by 3/4-1 1/2 in., membranous, 

 usually obtuse, base-acute, JTlowers solitage 1 in, long, 

 pubescent. Petals 3, narrow, oblong, ITruit fleshy, areolate. 



The outside skin is thick, and divided into many compart- 

 ments, the pulp is sweet, luscioixs, and filled with small 

 black, elongated seeds, 



propagation is effected by seeds. 



