Steinmetz:Annona

Annona reticulata

Also known as (or relevant to) Annona reticulata Family Annonaceae English Names True Custard Apple of America Sweetsop Bull's heart Bullock's heart Natural Habitat West Indies Naturalized in India Indonesia Part(s) Used Fructus Semen Lignum

Constituent(s) seed bark: tannic acid; fruit: sugar; the root contains a deadly poison Action bark: astringent tonic; seed: astringent used in diarrhoea and dysentery vermifuge; kernel of seed: highly poisonous

Annona squamosa

Also known as (or relevant to) Annona squamosa Annona triloba Family Annonaceae English Names Custard Apple Sugar Apple Sweet Sop of America Natural Habitat West Indies cultivated in Africa Orient America Part(s) Used Folia Semen (resins, oil, acrid principle) Fructu (sugars)

Action leaf seed: vermicide insecticide; bark: tonic astringent; root: violently purgative. The creamy sweet pulp of the apple is wholesome and delicious and is employed in cooling drinks in fevers and to flavour cold puddings