Custard apple
Index of plants with the same common name
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Custard apple is a common name for several fruits and may refer to Annonaceae, the custard apple family,[1] which includes the following species referred to as custard apples:
- Annona cherimola, a tree and fruit also called cherimoya[2]
- Annona muricata, a tree and fruit also called guanábana or soursop[3]
- Annona reticulata, a tree and fruit also called ox heart or bullock's heart
- Annona senegalensis, a tree and fruit called wild custard-apple[4]
- Annona squamosa, a tree and fruit also called sugar apple or sweetsop[5]
- Asimina triloba,[6] the "pawpaw", a deciduous tree, with a range from southern Ontario to Texas and Florida, that bears the largest edible fruit native to the United States or Canada.[7]
Custard apple may also refer to Casimiroa edulis, in the rue or citrus family, Rutaceae.
