Annona squamosa L. (9327977712)

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Description: Annonaceae (custard apple, sugar apple, or soursop family) » Annona squamosa uh-NO-nuh -- Latinized form of the American Indian taino, vernacular name for cherimoya skwa-MO-suh -- scaly commonly known as: custard apple (in India), sugar apple, sweetsop • Assamese: আতলচ-কঁঠাল aatloch kothal • Bengali: আতা ata, শরিকা shorifa • Gujarati: સીતાફળ sitaphal • Hindi: आत, आता or अता ata, बहुवीज bahu-vij, मुक्ताफल muktaphal, सीताफल sitaphal • Kannada: ಸೀತಾಫಲ seetaphala • Konkani: सीताफल siitaaphala • Malayalam: ശീടാഫലം seethapazham • Manipuri: সীতাফল sitaphal • Marathi: आत ata, मुक्ताफल muktaphala, शिताफळ or सिताफळ sitaphala • Nepali: आँट् aunt • Oriya: sitaphalo • Persian: شريفه sharifa • Punjabi: ਸ਼ਰੀਫਾ sharifa, ਸੀਤਾ ਫਲ sita phal • Sanskrit: आतृप्यम् atrupyum, बहुबीजम् bahubijam, मुक्ताफलम् muktaphalam, सीताफलम् sitaphalam • Tamil: ஆத்தா atta, சீத்தா citta • Telugu: సీతాఫలము sita-phalamu • Urdu: آتا ata, شريفه sharifa Distribution: widely cultivated in tropics; probable origin West Indies References: Flowers of India • Wikipedia • Purdue University • NPGS / GRIN • DDSA. Date: 20 July 2013, 18:28. Source: Annona squamosa L.. Author: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India.