Evergreen tree up to 10 metres high bearing oblong leaves with velvety grey hairs on the underside. The heart-shaped aggregate fruits are up to 20 cm in size and marked with a regular pattern of grey-green scales.These very sweet fruits are best enjoyed fresh, cut up with some lime juice or made into a delicious sorbet.
Cherimoya produces the best-known fruit in the custard apple family. The first, sadly very rare, fruits were produced at the Tropenhaus in 2017.
These very sweet fruits are best enjoyed fresh, cut up with some lime juice or made into a delicious sorbet.
Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia
Florida, 2011 & plant from customer, 2010
Cherimoya produces the best-known fruit in the custard apple family. The first, sadly very rare, fruits were produced at the Tropenhaus in 2017.
These very sweet fruits are best enjoyed fresh, cut up with some lime juice or made into a delicious sorbet.
