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Family: Annonaceae	Genus: Annona	Species: Annona squamosa Linn.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Annona distincta Raeusch., Annona asiatica Vahl	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Sharifa	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Custard Apple, Sugar Apple	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Sharifa	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	upto 1200m	Fruit Type	Aggregate
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	The compound fruits are round to oblong, 6–10 cm diameter. Fruit flesh is fragrant, sweet, white to light yellow, with the texture and flavor of custard
Habitat	Widely Cultivated And Naturalized	Bark Type	Fissured
Distribution	Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan; Africa; North America: Belize, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, United States Of America; South America	Bark Details	Bark dark brown, thin, fissured and fibrous, branches slightly pubescent when young, glabrous when mature
Distribution in chandigarh	, Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Manimajara and Daria	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Shrub or small trees, about 3-5 m tall. Bark dark brown, thin, fissured and fibrous, Leaves simple, alternate, ovate, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-elliptic. Flowers bisexual, subcapitate, about 2.5-3 cm long. Sepals 3, broadly ovate, apex acute or shallow acuminate, pubescent outside. Petals 6, outer whorl 3, subequal, ovate, apex obtuse. Stamens many, about 1 mm long. Carpels many, subglobose or ovoid, subconnate, minutely pubescent, about 1 mm long; Stigma oblong, entire. Seeds many, black with dark brown patches, glossy, slightly flattened, arillate	Leaf Details	Leaves simple, alternate, ovate, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-elliptic.

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