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Annona muricata L.

Annonaceae

SC SE North America (tropics) South America (tropics) int SC Eurasia and NW MW Africa

SC SE

S[M]

E[D]

hel mes

dr (flower or flower buds tea with honey for cold, chest pain and nerve disorders, fruits as a food for hepatitis and fever, fruits syrup for flu and cold, insecticide, leaves and crushed seed infusion taken orally for intestinal malaise, leaves decoction with salt taken orally for tract ailments, leaves decoction with salt or sugar taken orally for fatigue, leaves massage for nervous shock, leaves or bark decoction for anxiety, young leaves boiled in bush tea as a sedative and for cooling the blood) fd (fruits, the acid juice of the fruits as a cooling drink as frozen as an ice, milkshake) tx (seed contains a strong poison used as a potent insecticide that induces severe vomiting)

Annona bonplandiana Kunth Annona cearensis Barb.Rodr. Annona muricata var. borinquensis Morales Anona macrocarpa Wercklé Guanabanus muricatus (L.) M.Gómez

soursop annona; durian blanda, guanabana, prickly annona; sour soup (Jamaica); sour-sop (India); soursop (Belize, Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda)

anone hérissée; annone muriculée (Senegal); anone (Dominica); cachiman épineux (Senegal); cachiman-épineux (Dominica); carassol (Haiti); chérimolier; corassol (Guadeloupe); corossel, corosselier (Dominica); corossol (Hispaniola); corossol épineux (Dominica); corossolier (French Guiana, Hispaniola, Senegal); courassotte (Dominica); grand corossol (Senegal)

anona; anonillo (Honduras); catoche, catuche (Venezuela); chirimoya (Peru); guanaba (Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala); guanabana (El Salvador, Guatemala); guanábana (Belize, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hispaniola, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico); guanábano (Venezuela); huanábana (Peru); sapadillo (Dominica); sini (Bolivia); zapote agrio

annona moricata (italian); Anona (german); anona, anona espinhosa, araticu-ponhé, coração de rainha, curação de rainha, curassol (portuguese, Brazil); dukumé porto (fulfulde); Flaschenbaum (german); graviala, graviãla, graviola, guanabano (portuguese, Brazil); guanachi (chachi, Ecuador); jaca de pobre, jaca do Pará (portuguese, Brazil); katu-anoda, katu-attha (Sri Lanka); kowosòl (creole, Haiti); mullathi (India); ndélésor (non); piña (portuguese creole); pinha azeda (portuguese, Brazil); rata-anona (Sri Lanka); sapadillo (Dominica); Sauerapfel, Sauersack (german); sorsaka (Netherlands Antilles); Stachel Anone, Stachelannone, Stachliger (german); sursaka (Netherlands Antilles); takob (maya, Belize); zuurzak (dutch, Suriname); zuurzak soursap (Netherlands Antilles)

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Latin name	Annona muricata L.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (tropics) South America (tropics) int SC Eurasia and NW MW Africa
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel mes
Use	dr (flower or flower buds tea with honey for cold, chest pain and nerve disorders, fruits as a food for hepatitis and fever, fruits syrup for flu and cold, insecticide, leaves and crushed seed infusion taken orally for intestinal malaise, leaves decoction with salt taken orally for tract ailments, leaves decoction with salt or sugar taken orally for fatigue, leaves massage for nervous shock, leaves or bark decoction for anxiety, young leaves boiled in bush tea as a sedative and for cooling the blood) fd (fruits, the acid juice of the fruits as a cooling drink as frozen as an ice, milkshake) tx (seed contains a strong poison used as a potent insecticide that induces severe vomiting)
Synonym	Annona bonplandiana Kunth Annona cearensis Barb.Rodr. Annona muricata var. borinquensis Morales Anona macrocarpa Wercklé Guanabanus muricatus (L.) M.Gómez
English name	soursop annona; durian blanda, guanabana, prickly annona; sour soup (Jamaica); sour-sop (India); soursop (Belize, Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda)
French name	anone hérissée; annone muriculée (Senegal); anone (Dominica); cachiman épineux (Senegal); cachiman-épineux (Dominica); carassol (Haiti); chérimolier; corassol (Guadeloupe); corossel, corosselier (Dominica); corossol (Hispaniola); corossol épineux (Dominica); corossolier (French Guiana, Hispaniola, Senegal); courassotte (Dominica); grand corossol (Senegal)
Spanish name	anona; anonillo (Honduras); catoche, catuche (Venezuela); chirimoya (Peru); guanaba (Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala); guanabana (El Salvador, Guatemala); guanábana (Belize, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hispaniola, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico); guanábano (Venezuela); huanábana (Peru); sapadillo (Dominica); sini (Bolivia); zapote agrio
Other name	annona moricata (italian); Anona (german); anona, anona espinhosa, araticu-ponhé, coração de rainha, curação de rainha, curassol (portuguese, Brazil); dukumé porto (fulfulde); Flaschenbaum (german); graviala, graviãla, graviola, guanabano (portuguese, Brazil); guanachi (chachi, Ecuador); jaca de pobre, jaca do Pará (portuguese, Brazil); katu-anoda, katu-attha (Sri Lanka); kowosòl (creole, Haiti); mullathi (India); ndélésor (non); piña (portuguese creole); pinha azeda (portuguese, Brazil); rata-anona (Sri Lanka); sapadillo (Dominica); Sauerapfel, Sauersack (german); sorsaka (Netherlands Antilles); Stachel Anone, Stachelannone, Stachliger (german); sursaka (Netherlands Antilles); takob (maya, Belize); zuurzak (dutch, Suriname); zuurzak soursap (Netherlands Antilles)
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