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Annona montana
3-622.24.12English: Mountain soursop.
Region: Central America, Amazon, Caribbean islands.
Habitat: tolerates brief temperature below −4 °C when full grown.
Use: seeds for oil; bark for making strong ropes; wood for fuel.BotanyTree; spreading crown.
Root: rootstock.
Stem: wood is pale brown, turning to a dark grayish brown on exposure, and with dark or almost black areas, light in weight, moderately soft.
Leaves: glossy.
Pollen: shed as permanent tetrads.
Fruit: edible; nearly round; dark green skin covered with many short fleshy spines; ± 15 cm long; pulp fibrous; aromatic, sour, bitter, yellow.
Seeds: many light-brown, plump.
Region: Central America, Amazon, Caribbean islands.
Habitat: tolerates brief temperature below −4 °C when full grown.
Use: seeds for oil; bark for making strong ropes; wood for fuel.BotanyTree; spreading crown.
Root: rootstock.
Stem: wood is pale brown, turning to a dark grayish brown on exposure, and with dark or almost black areas, light in weight, moderately soft.
Leaves: glossy.
Pollen: shed as permanent tetrads.
Fruit: edible; nearly round; dark green skin covered with many short fleshy spines; ± 15 cm long; pulp fibrous; aromatic, sour, bitter, yellow.
Seeds: many light-brown, plump.