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Useful Tropical Plants

Annona acutiflora

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Annonaceae

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Common Name: Guiné

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General Information

Annona acutiflora is a shrub or a small tree with crowded, slender subflexuose branches; it can grow up to 7 metres tall[
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A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
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Title
Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 18
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Author
 
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Smithsonian Institute; Washington.
Year
1917
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Description
Includes a treatment of the Annona. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
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The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Annona acutiflora has a wide range in eastern Brazil where it is found in a range of locations. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2021)[
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Title
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
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Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

502
Title
Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 18
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Smithsonian Institute; Washington.
Year
1917
ISBN
 
Description
Includes a treatment of the Annona. It can be downloaded from the Internet.

Range

S. America - eastern Brazil (Rio de Janeiro to Bahia)

Habitat

Atlantic rainforest[
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Title
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
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502
Title
Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 18
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Smithsonian Institute; Washington.
Year
1917
ISBN
 
Description
Includes a treatment of the Annona. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].

Properties

Conservation StatusLeast Concern
Edibility Rating *  *
HabitTree
Height5.00 m
PollinatorsBeetles
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details


Grows best in a sunny position[
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Title
Dictionary of Trees; Volume 2 South America; Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology
Publication
 
Author
Grandtner M.M. & Chevrette J.
Publisher
Academic Press; London
Year
2014
ISBN
978-0-12-396490-8
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Edible Uses

Fruit - raw[
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Title
Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North,
Publication
 
Author
Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M.
Publisher
 
Year
2014
ISBN
 
Description
A pre-publication draft of an amazing, on-going work first started in 1985. It contains information on more than 3,900 taxa from the Americas - from Arctic regions to the Tropics
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Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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