Custard apple

Scientific Name: – Annona reticulata

Custard apple, is a common name for a fruit, and the tree which bears it, Annona reticulata Custard apple may also refer to similar fruits produced by related trees: Annonaceae, the custard apple or soursop family. Annona cherimola, a tree and fruit also called cherimoya. Annona squamosa, a tree and fruit also called sugar apple or sweetsop Annona senegalensis, a tree and fruit called wild custard-apple Casimiroa edulis, also called white sapote, a fruit related to the citrus.

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