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Latin name	Annona L.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Anona L. Anona Mill.
English name	annona; alligator apple, custard, custard apple, monkey apple, soursop
French name	anone; asiminier p.p.; annone (French Guiana)
Spanish name	anona, chirimoya, guanábana, malagueto, yaya (Panama)
Other name	annona (italian); Annone (german); ate, atocire, boea nona, boesi soersakkar (French Guiana); bwa kachiman, kachiman, kè bèf, kowosòl (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Annona acuminata Saff.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	calc
Use	fr
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English name	acuminate annona
French name	anone acuminée
Spanish name	camaron (Panama)
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Latin name	Annona amazonica R.E.Fr.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) MW MC South America (Ecuador: Napo, Zamora-Chinchipe; Brazil: Pará, Amazonas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Amazonas annona
French name	anone de l’Amazonie
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Latin name	Annona bicolor Urb.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Dominican Republic: Peninsula of Pedernales)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	bicolor annona
French name	anone bicolore
Spanish name	guanabanita (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Annona cristalensis (Alain) Borhidi & Moncada
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Xylopia cristalensis Alain
English name	SierraCristal annona
French name	anone de la Sierra Cristal
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Latin name	Annona cubensis R.E.Fr.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	?
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English name	Cuban annona
French name	anone de Cuba
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Latin name	Annona diversifolia Saff.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Ecology
Use	fd pl
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English name	ilama annona; ilama
French name	anone ilama
Spanish name	anona guatemala (Nicaragua); anona rosada (El Salvador); ilama (Venezuela)
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Latin name	Annona domingensis R.E.Fr.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology
Use	ex
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English name	Dominican annona
French name	anone de Saint-Domingue
Spanish name	anón de perro (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Annona dumetorum R.E.Fr.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	bushy annona
French name	anone des buissons
Spanish name	anón de perro (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Annona ekmanii R.E.Fr.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Ekman annona
French name	anone d’Ekman
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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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Latin name	Annona hayesii Saff.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Panama annona
French name	anone du Panama
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Latin name	Annona holosericea Saff.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	sci
Use	fd (fruits)
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English name	silky annona
French name	anone soyeuse
Spanish name	morisca (Nicaragua)
Other name	sincoys (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Annona jamaicensis Sprague
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	calc
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English name	Jamaica annona
French name	anone de la Jamaïque
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Latin name	Annona liebmanniana Baill.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Belize, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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English name	Liebmann annona
French name	anone de Liebmann
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Latin name	Annona micrantha Bertero ex Spreng.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Dominican Republic)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	smallflower annona
French name	anone à petites fleurs
Spanish name	anón de perro, guanabanita (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Annona montana Macfad.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	D[E]
Ecology	sci hyg->[xer]
Use	fd (fruits) fw (the wood is used only for fuel) pl
Synonym	Annona marcgravii Mart. Annona muricata Vell. non L. Annona pisonis Mart. Annona sphaerocarpa Splitg.
English name	mountain annona; mountain soursop (Jamaica, USA); wild soursop (USA)
French name	anone zombi; cachiman-montagne, corossol zombi (Haiti)
Spanish name	catuche cimarrón (Venezuela); chirimoya (Peru); gavanabana (Venezuela); guanabana (Peru, Venezuela); guanabana cimarrona (Cuba); guanábana (Peru); guanábana cimarrona (Hispaniola, Venezuela); guanábana de lama (Cuba); guanábana de pero (Dominican Republic); guanábana de perro (Venezuela); guanabano cimarrón (Venezuela); guánabano brasileiro, guánabano sirimbo; huanábana (Peru); turagua (Venezuela)
Other name	araticum, araticum apé, araticum-açu (Brazil); boszuurzak (Suriname)
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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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Latin name	Annona pittieri Donn.Sm.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hel
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English name	Pittier annona
French name	anone de Pittier
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Latin name	Annona praetermissa Fawc. & Rendle
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	wildsoursop annona; wild soursop (Jamaica)
French name	anone négligée
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Latin name	Annona primigenia Standl. & Steyerm.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Ecology
Use	dr fd
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English name	Belize annona; wild annona, wild custard apple (Belize)
French name	anone du Belize
Spanish name	anona del monte, anonillo, anonio (Belize)
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Latin name	Annona pruinosa G.E.Schatz
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	pruinose annona
French name	anone pruineuse
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Latin name	Annona purpurea Moç. & Sessé ex Dunal
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: S Florida) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	dr fd ma (fiber, tannin) pp (good for paper pulp) ti (boxes, cases, farm buildings, fence, general construction, posts)
Synonym	Annona manirote Kunth
English name	soncoya annona; cowsap (Belize); soncoya
French name	anone pourprée
Spanish name	catigüre (Venezuela); gallina gorda (Costa Rica); guanábana cimarrona (Colombia); manirote (Venezuela); sincuya (El Salvador); soncolla, soncoya, soncoyo (Costa Rica); soncuya (Honduras); toreta (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Annona reticulata L.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; West Indies) South America (tropics) int S Eurasia, Africa and Oceania (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[L]
Foliage	D[E]
Ecology	sili
Use	dr (crushed bark in warm salty water and applied as poultice for sprain, crushed leaves applied as a bath for headache, exhibits antispasmodic and analgesic propreties but requires further research for internal use, leaves decoction taken orally for dermatosis, leaves decoction with sugar or salt taken orally for fatigue, leaves - sometimes bark - decoction with salt taken orally for digestive tract ailments, fever, nerve disorders and anemia, said to be a remedy for dysentery) fd (fruits sweetish) ma pp (good for paper pulp) ti (boxes, crates, farm buildings, fence posts)
Synonym	Annona excelsa Kunth Annona humboldtiana Kunth Annona humboldtii Dunal Annona laevis Kunth Annona longifolia Sessé & Moç. Annona riparia Kunth
English name	bullocksheart annona; bullock's heart (Puerto Rico); bullock-heart (Jamaica, USA); bullocks heart (India); bullocksheart custardapple; custard apple (Belize, Puerto Rico); custard-apple (Bahamas, Jamaica, USA); ox heart, sugar apple; wild custard apple (Belize)
French name	anone réticulée; bois cachiman (Haiti); cachima; cachiman (Haiti, Jamaica, Senegal); cachiman coeur de boeuf (Haiti); cachiman coeur-de-boeuf (Guadeloupe); chérimolier (Senegal); coeur boeuf; coeur de boeuf (Haiti, Jamaica, Senegal); corossol réticulé, corossol sauvage, pignon (Senegal)
Spanish name	annona, annona colorado, annona del monte (Belize); anón (Panama, Venezuela); anón pelón (Colombia); anona (Guatemala); anona blanca (Belize); anona colorada (El Salvador, Guatemala); anonillo (Costa Rica, Guatemala); cachiman (Dominican Republic); chirimoya (Cuba, Venezuela); corazón; corrazón (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); mamón (Cuba, Dominican Republic)
Other name	annona moricata (italian); anoda (Sri Lanka); anon (nahuatl, Mexico); atta, attha (Sri Lanka); cocax, cocox (nahuatl, Mexico); cucay, cuquey (huasteco, Mexico); custard-appel (Netherlands Antilles); kachiman kè bèf (creole, Haiti); kajoema (Netherlands Antilles); Netzannone, Ochsenherz (german); oop (maya, Belize); ramphal (India); ramsitha, rata-sitha (Sri Lanka); tsulipox (maya, Belize); weli-attha (Sri Lanka)
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Latin name	Annona rosei Saff.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	xer
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English name	Hispaniola annona
French name	anone d’Hispaniola; cachiman zombi (Hispaniola); cachiman zombie (Haiti)
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Other name	kachiman zombi (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Annona scleroderma Saff.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	SD
Ecology
Use	dr fd ma
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English name	hardshell annona; wild red custard apple
French name	anone dure
Spanish name	anona, anono (Honduras)
Other name	posh-te
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Latin name	Annona spraguei Saff.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology
Use	fr ma (rope)
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English name	Sprague annona
French name	anone de Sprague
Spanish name	chirimoya; negrito (Panama)
Other name	chikiqwa, tub galet (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Annona squamosa L.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (West Indies) int South America, S Eurasia and Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	D
Ecology	xer sili
Use	dr (bark or green fruits infusion taken orally for diarrhea and chronic dysentery, leaves or sprout tea for cramps and spasms) fd (fruits sweet and pleasantly flavoured) pl
Synonym	Annona asiatica L. Annona cinerea Dunal Guanabanus squamosus M.Gómez Xylopia frutescens Sieb. ex C.Presl Xylopia glabra Dunal non L.
English name	sugarapple annona; apple (Virgin Gorda); apple-bush (Grenadines); custard apple; scaly custard apple (India); sugar apple; sugar-apple (Jamaica, USA, Virgin Gorda); sugarapple (Bahamas); sweet sop (Jamaica); sweetsop (USA)
French name	anone écailleuse; cachiman, cachiman cannelle (Hispaniola); chérimolier, corossol écailleux, corossolier à fruits écailleux, grand corossolier; pomme cannelle (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Mali); pomme de cannelle (Hispaniola); pomme-canelle (Mali); pommier cannelle
Spanish name	anón (Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico); anón caucano, anón de azùcar, anón de verruga, anón doméstico (Colombia); anono de Guatemala (Nicaragua); aratión; cachiman (Hispaniola); candongo (Dominican Republic); chirimoya (Ecuador, Guatemala); guanábana; riñón (Venezuela); saramuya (Guatemala)
Other name	annona squamosa (italian); anona (Sri Lanka); ata (Brazil); Flaschenbaum (german); fruta de conde (Brazil); Honigapfel, Rahmapfel (german); kachiman kanèl (creole, Haiti); kaneclappel (Suriname); pinha (portuguese, Brazil); pòm kanèl (creole, Haiti); saripha (India); scopappel (Netherlands Antilles); sini-attha, sita-pullum (Sri Lanka); sitaphal (India); sittapan (Sri Lanka); Süss-Sack (german); tubabu sunsun (bambara, Mali); Zuckerapfel (german)
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Latin name	Annona urbaniana R.E.Fr.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti and Dominican Republic: San Juan de la Maguana)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Urban annona
French name	anone marguerite; cachiman marron, marguerite (Hispaniola)
Spanish name	anón de perro (Hispaniola)
Other name	kachiman mawon, magèrit (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Anomospermum Miers
Family	Menispermaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Elissarrhena Miers
English name	anomospermum
French name	anomospermum
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