Family: Annonaceae
Synonym: Annona asiatica L., Annona
forskahlii DC.
Vernacular name: Aathi, Aathachakka, Seethappazham
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Cultivated
Distribution: India,
Central America, West Indies
Flowering and Fruiting:
May-October
Key identification features: Annona species are evergreen
trees. Bark dark brown, fissured. Flowers are bisexual, terminal or leaf
opposed, solitary or in fascicles, large syncarpous fleshy fruit. Seed with
fleshy albumen.
Uses: Leaves have vermicidal properties
used to treat cattle.. The ripe fruits are eaten fresh. The leaves have also
been employed in tanning and they yield a blue or black dye
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