MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS 



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Remarks 



The spongy tissue 

 is the only part 

 of the fresh seed 

 that possesses 

 independent 

 buoyancy 



Ditto 



Ditto 



Ditto 



Ditto 



Amount of Spongy 

 Buoyant Tissue lining 

 the Seed-shell 



Scanty. Mostly 

 at the hilar end 



Soanty 



More scanty than 

 with Anona 

 muricata 



Scanty 



Well developed 



Buoyancy of Seeds 



Moist, fresh seeds 

 sink. Seeds dried 



for six months 

 float from two to 

 four days 



Seeds dried for six 

 months sink in a 

 day or two 



Seeds dried for six 

 months sink in a 

 day or two 



Seeds dried for six 

 months sink in 

 a day 



Fresh seeds float 

 for weeks and 

 months 



uit Edible 

 ■ Inedible 

 for Man 1 



Edible 



Edible 



Edible 



Edible 



inedible 



psi 



o 













n, etc. 



Coast 











Wild. Not 

 cultivated. 



Muddy 

 shores of 

 estuaries and 

 borders of 

 mangrove 

 swamps 



Statio 



Inland 



Wild in 

 woods. Also 

 cultivated 



Wild. Also 

 cultivated 



Wild in for- 

 ests, thickets, 



and dry 

 plains. Also 

 cultivated 



Wild. Also 

 cultivated 





Distribution 



Tropical 

 America 



Tropical 

 America 



Tropical 

 America 



Tropical 

 America 



Pacific and 

 Atlantic 



coasts of 

 tropical 



America and 



coasts of 

 tropical 



West Africa 



Species 



Anona muricata, 

 L. (Sour Sop) 



Anona reticulata, 

 L. (Custard Apple) 



Anona squamosa, 

 L. (Sweet Sop) 



Anona cherimolia, 

 Lam. (Cherimoya) 



Anona palustris, L. 



syn. A. glabra, L. 



(Alligator Apple, 

 Swamp ,, 

 Monkey „ 

 Pond 



Custard ,, 

 of South Florida) 



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