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 Netted Custard Apple, Anona Reticulata. Synonyios, 

 Bullook's Heart, 



Origin 



West Indian Islands, cultivated for how many centuries 

 not known, 



De script. ion and habitat 



Leaves Cblong or oblong lanceolate, quite glabrous, smooth 

 or roughiah "beneath, fruit smooth, li^tly areolate, — Linn, 



Naturalized in Bengal and elsewhere. Distribution, 

 Tropical America, 



A small tree. Leaves 5-8 by 1 1/2-2 in., base acixte ; 

 petiole 1/2 in. Flowers 2-3 together on lateral peduncles. 

 Outer petals as in A, Squamosa ; inner -very small, narrow 

 oblong. Pruit subglobose , roiighish outside, with pentagonal 

 areole. 



Soil 



Grows aljnost wild in a soil impregnated with salt, but 

 requires a wet subsoil. 



