- Family : ANNONACEAE
(Custard-Apple Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Annonaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Annona muricata L.
- Common name : Soursop, Guanabana, Graviola, Prickly Custard Apple
- Vernacular name :
- Hanuman Phal (Hindi)
- Hanumana Phala (Kannada)
- Cancer chekka, Mullanjakka, Mulluathi (Malayalam)
- Mansphal (Marathi)
- Habit : Tree
- Comments / notes : Cultivated widely in Tropics. Leaf extract used as anti-cancer medicine
- Flower, Fruit : April-October
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Cultivated
- Tamil Nadu : Cultivated
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Lakshadweep : Minicoy Islands
- Native : Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- C., Sudhakar Reddy & Roy, Parth. (2011). Plant Diversity of Lakshadweep Islands.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Annona muricata. Downloaded on 2 December 2024.
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