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Annona mucosa

Jacq. (1764)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Magnoliids Order: Magnoliales Family: Annonaceae Genus: Annona

wild sugar apple

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Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Observ. Bot. 1: 16 (1764)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Annona mucosa Koloa, Kalaheo, 3581 Kaloke Road yard of house Preserved_Specimen 5 m tree, arching branches, smooth brown bark; leaves medium green; flower light green petals, dichogamous, lasting 2 days; fruity fragrant, 5-7 pm; young fruit ovoid, green Lorence, D.H. 8413 Kauai BISH 1999-06-04
2 Annona mucosa Koloa district. Allerton Gardens (Lawai Kai) in Lawai Valley; fruit tree orchard Preserved_Specimen Small tree 2 m tall, trunk reclining. Petals 3, obtuse, brownish-yellow, fleshy, vertically flattened and 3-radiate, with a 3-lobed orifice at anthesis. Fruit broadly ellipsoid, green ripening yellow, 7 x 6 cm, scaley, each scale with a thick, blunt fleshy projection; pulp translucent like spoon-meat coconut, sweetly insipid, seed white. Lorence, D.H. 6582 Kauai BISH 1990-08-06
3 Annona mucosa Waimea Arboretum & Botanical Garden, 59-864 Kam Hwy. Haleiwa, Hulu area Preserved_Specimen Annable, C.R. 3693 Oahu BISH 1997-08-09
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