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Annona glabra L.

Annonaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics) SC Eurasia (Sri Lanka) W MC SC Africa NW Oceania (Galapagos)

SC SE

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E[D]

hel hyg sili

dr (flower and leaves extracts taken orally for hepatitis, liver ailments, worms and rheumatism, fruits syrup taken orally for chest cold, dry cough and tuberculosis) fd (fruits edible but too insipid for pleasant eating) fr fw ma (cork for bottle, floats for fishing nets) pl pp tx (fruits unpalatable and said to be poisonous, leaves contain a poisonous narcotic used to kill fish)

Annona chrysocarpa Lepr. Annona klainii Pierre ex Engl. & Diels Annona klainii var. moandensis De Wild. Annona palustris L. Annona palustris Small Anona glabra L. Anona laurifolia Dunal Guananabanus palustris (L.) M.Gómez

pondapple annona; alligator apple, alligator pear (Bahamas); alligator-apple (Belize, USA); anone (USA, West Indies); barbed wood, bobwood, corkwood (Belize); custard-apple (USA); marsh corkwood, monkey apple (Bahamas); monkey-apple (USA); pond apple (USA, West Indies); pond-apple (Bahamas, Jamaica, UK, Virgin Gorda); pondapple (Bahamas); serpent apple; sweet-sop (Dominica); wild custard apple (Honduras, USA, West Indies)

anone glabre; annone des marais, annone glabre (Senegal); bois flot; cachiman cochon (Senegal); cachiman diable, cachiman-cochon, cachiman-marron (Lesser Antilles); chérimolier; coeur boeuf, corossol marron (Hispaniola); corossol-cochon (Lesser Antilles); courasol, courasotte (Dominica); liège (Hispaniola); mammier (Haiti); mammier marron (Hispaniola); pomme de caïman, pomme de serpent (Senegal)

anon liso; anón (Panama, Puerto Rico); anón de puerco (Panama); anón de río (Dominican Republic); anona (Mexico); anona del campo; anona liso (Venezuela); árbol de corcho (Mexico); bagá (Cuba, Dominican Republic); cayur (Puerto Rico); chirimoya, cimarrón, cimarrona; corazón (USA, West Indies); corazón cimarrón; corcho (Mexico, Puerto Rico); coyur (Puerto Rico); guanábana (Hispaniola); guanábana cimarrona (Dominican Republic); guanábana de corcho, guanábana de perro (Hispaniola); guánabana, guánabana silvestre; guanabano bobo; guanábano bobo (Venezuela); guanábano cimarrona; mamón de perro (Hispaniola); mayás; palo bobo (Cuba, Spanish Antilles); palo de corcho (Mexico)

adadima; araticum do breje (portuguese, Brazil); bu ruruf (jola); dugor mèr (wolof); ibacuaja (warao, Venezuela); kayuda; kowosòl mawon (creole, Haiti); sunkungo (mandinka); xmaac (Mexico)

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Latin name	Annona glabra L.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics) SC Eurasia (Sri Lanka) W MC SC Africa NW Oceania (Galapagos)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg sili
Use	dr (flower and leaves extracts taken orally for hepatitis, liver ailments, worms and rheumatism, fruits syrup taken orally for chest cold, dry cough and tuberculosis) fd (fruits edible but too insipid for pleasant eating) fr fw ma (cork for bottle, floats for fishing nets) pl pp tx (fruits unpalatable and said to be poisonous, leaves contain a poisonous narcotic used to kill fish)
Synonym	Annona chrysocarpa Lepr. Annona klainii Pierre ex Engl. & Diels Annona klainii var. moandensis De Wild. Annona palustris L. Annona palustris Small Anona glabra L. Anona laurifolia Dunal Guananabanus palustris (L.) M.Gómez
English name	pondapple annona; alligator apple, alligator pear (Bahamas); alligator-apple (Belize, USA); anone (USA, West Indies); barbed wood, bobwood, corkwood (Belize); custard-apple (USA); marsh corkwood, monkey apple (Bahamas); monkey-apple (USA); pond apple (USA, West Indies); pond-apple (Bahamas, Jamaica, UK, Virgin Gorda); pondapple (Bahamas); serpent apple; sweet-sop (Dominica); wild custard apple (Honduras, USA, West Indies)
French name	anone glabre; annone des marais, annone glabre (Senegal); bois flot; cachiman cochon (Senegal); cachiman diable, cachiman-cochon, cachiman-marron (Lesser Antilles); chérimolier; coeur boeuf, corossol marron (Hispaniola); corossol-cochon (Lesser Antilles); courasol, courasotte (Dominica); liège (Hispaniola); mammier (Haiti); mammier marron (Hispaniola); pomme de caïman, pomme de serpent (Senegal)
Spanish name	anon liso; anón (Panama, Puerto Rico); anón de puerco (Panama); anón de río (Dominican Republic); anona (Mexico); anona del campo; anona liso (Venezuela); árbol de corcho (Mexico); bagá (Cuba, Dominican Republic); cayur (Puerto Rico); chirimoya, cimarrón, cimarrona; corazón (USA, West Indies); corazón cimarrón; corcho (Mexico, Puerto Rico); coyur (Puerto Rico); guanábana (Hispaniola); guanábana cimarrona (Dominican Republic); guanábana de corcho, guanábana de perro (Hispaniola); guánabana, guánabana silvestre; guanabano bobo; guanábano bobo (Venezuela); guanábano cimarrona; mamón de perro (Hispaniola); mayás; palo bobo (Cuba, Spanish Antilles); palo de corcho (Mexico)
Other name	adadima; araticum do breje (portuguese, Brazil); bu ruruf (jola); dugor mèr (wolof); ibacuaja (warao, Venezuela); kayuda; kowosòl mawon (creole, Haiti); sunkungo (mandinka); xmaac (Mexico)
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