Deciduous tree up to 12 metres in height with spreading crown. The leaves are alternate, elliptical and a greenish-grey colour. The pale yellow flowers grow in little bunches with thick narrow petals and reach up to 3 cm in length. Up to 9 cm in size, the spherical, slightly heart-shaped aggregate fruit has greyish-green ovate scales and juicy, creamy white pulp containing oval black seeds.
The fruity sweet-tasting sugar apple is the most commercially important species of Annona. However, it is not especially suitable for export from the countries where it is grown as it is perishable and easily bruised. It is used to make ice cream and fruit juices.
We enjoy eating our much prized sugar apples as fresh fruit or we give them to the kitchen to be turned into ice cream. The seeds are used for propagating new plants.
Tropical America
Tropenhaus Ruswil, 2009
The fruity sweet-tasting sugar apple is the most commercially important species of Annona. However, it is not especially suitable for export from the countries where it is grown as it is perishable and easily bruised. It is used to make ice cream and fruit juices.
We enjoy eating our much prized sugar apples as fresh fruit or we give them to the kitchen to be turned into ice cream. The seeds are used for propagating new plants.
