Custard Apple

Custard Apple

Family : Annonaceae

Habit : Annona species are evergreen trees.

Stem : Bark dark brown, fissured. Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, coriaceous, glabrous, glaucous or slightly pubescent beneath.

Flowers : bisexual, terminal or leaf opposed, solitary or in fascicles, Sepals 3, valvate, Petals 3 or 6, valvate, much larger than the sepals, outer whorl fleshy and triquetrous above with a thinner concave base, inner whorl if present very small, strap shaped. Stamens numerous, anthers narrow, ovoid, dorsal at the top of connectives. Carpels many, subconnate, ovule 1 basal, erect, style oblong, carpels partly free in flower.

Fruit : large syncarpous fleshy fruit.

Seed : fleshy albumen.