Pond apple, annona glabra, is an invasive weed, with the potential to have disastrous impact in australia. Data source and references for annona glabra pond apple. Annona glabra linn annonaceae is used in traditional medicine as an anticancer drug. Squamosa means scaly, muricata is roughened, reticulata means netted, and glabra smooth or hairless.
Annona hayesii wild cherimoya, canelo annona hypoglauca wild cherimoya, anon cimarron annona maritima, rollinia maritima aratikum, quaresma annona muricata soursop, guanabana, graviola, korosol, corosol. Pond apple herb uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients. Impact assessment pond apple annona glabra in victoria nox impact assessment pond apple annona glabra in victoria nox. Pond apple annona glabra how itspreads some of the characteristics that make pond apple a successful invader include its ability to form dense thickets, tolerance to salt and inundation, effective seed dispersal by water and animals, and a germination period spread over several. The family consists of trees, shrubs, and woody climbers found mainly in the tropics, although a few species extend into temperate regions. This article is within the scope of wikiproject caribbean, an attempt to build a comprehensive guide to the countries of the caribbean on wikipedia.
Pond apple annona glabra department of the environment and. A semideciduous tree with thick green leaves, it produces large, leathery, attractive, pale yellow or creamy coloured flowers. Forms with smaller leaves and fruit have been considered a species. Annona glabras claim to fame is not culinary but medicinal. Phytochemical investigation of this plant led to the isolation of acetogenins, entkauranes, peptides, and. Annona quartet eat the weeds and other things, too.
Cite journal uses unlike the other annona species, the pulp of the fruit when ripe is yellow through orange instead of whitish. Annona glabra is a tropical fruit tree in the family annonaceae, in the same genus as the soursop and cherimoya. However, caution should be used when dealing with common names, and many are liberally or. Annona glabra is used as a root stock for other edible annona species for its tolerance and adaptability to waterlogged conditions. The species is listed as cultivation escape, naturalised, weed in the global compendium. Very attractive, creamy white to light yellow, rose color at the base of each sepal, 1 inch across, solitary. Has there any studies conducted on the same positive. Annona seed borer bephratilloides cubensis the annona seed borer asb is the most important insect pest of atemoya and sugar apple in florida. Biological activities of annona glabra sciencedirect. Annona cherimola cherimoya annona diversifolia ilama annona glabra pond apple annona montana mountain soursop annona muricata soursop annona purpurea annona annona reticulata.
Read on to learn about growing cherimoya fruit, cherimoya plant care and other interesting cherimoya tree info. Pond apple annona glabra weed management guide pdf 518 kbabout the guide. Home profile page data source and documentation for annona glabra l. It grows in fresh, brackish and salt water and so is able to impact on. Cherimoya trees are subtropical to mild temperate trees that will tolerate very light frosts. Annona glabra is a wild species related to several commercially grown annona species, including annona cheromola cherimoya, annona muricata soursop, annona reticulata custard apple or bullocks heart and annona squamosa sugar apple. Impact assessment pond apple annona glabra in victoria nox. Impact assessment pond apple annona glabra in victoria. Annona is a genus of flowering plants in the pawpawsugar apple family, annonaceae. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region the bark and the leaves, combined with the bark and leaves of annona squamosa, are used as a sedative and cardiotonic infusion. Chemical constituents of the annona glabra fruit and their. Common names include pondapple, alligatorapple swamp apple, corkwood, bobwood, and monkeyapple. Possibly native to the andes mountain valleys of ecuador, colombia and peru, cherimoya is closely related to the sugar apple and is, in fact, also called the custard apple.
The plants database includes the following 9 species of annona. It is also similar to the cultivated custard apple or atemoya annona cherimola x annona squamosa. The pond apple is very useful as a rootstock for other annona species. If you are new to editing wikipedia visit the welcome page to become familiar with the.
The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Pond apple annona glabra is very similar to some other closelyrelated species that have also become naturalised in northern australia, including bullocks heart annona reticulata, sugar apple annona squamosa and soursop annona muricata. Relatives of annona glabra several species of the genus annona have been successfully introduced to the warmest areas of south florida. Victorian weed risk assessment wra method pdf 630 kb.
Annona glabra seeds pondapple, alligatorapple, swamp apple. Autumn maple tree bischofia javanica avocado, except commercial fruit persea americana. Pond apple annona glabra native to swamplands of the southeastern united. Annona glabra, pond apple, alligator apple, monkey apple. It thrives in moist, sunlit conditions where millions of seedlings can germinate, excluding all other species. Phytochemical investigation of this plant led to the isolation of acetogenins liu et al. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple faq for additional information. Very similar looking to a green apple, yellow green to yellow, 3 to 5 inches long, broadest at. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles. Pond apple annona glabra stem injection can be conducted on foot using a 5 l backpack, injector gun and small axe.
Axillary leaf buds ovoid, fulvous pubescent, apex obtuse. The plants have alternate leaves, 70120 mm long with a. Female asb lay their eggs into the young seeds of fruits with subsequent larval development inside the fruit and emergence of. Abdellateff a, elmenshawi bs, haggag my, nawwar ma 2009 cytotoxic acetogenins from annona glabra cultivated in egypt. How pond apple is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. Sep 29, 2011 abdellateff a, elmenshawi bs, haggag my, nawwar ma 2009 cytotoxic acetogenins from annona glabra cultivated in egypt. Many species are valuable for their large pulpy fruits, some. Pond apple is a member of the custard apple family, annonaceae. Ian holloway, qld npws treated pond apple in a drain near liverpool creek, south of innisfail, qld. Annona montana, mountain soursop, wild custard apple. Institute for systematic botany, university of south florida, tampa. The species is widely grown as a commercial fruit tree both within its native range and in tropical regions around the world, and although less common than other annona spp. Names of pond apple in various languages of the world are also given. The sectional name greek phellos, cork and xylon, wood is descriptive because small sections of the very light wood have been used as floats by fishermen.
Some members of fann may provide services that do not further the fnps mission, and this link should not be. This article introduces a salttolerant species, pond apple annona glabra l. Alternate, simple, entire, ovate to elliptical, 3 to 5 inches, leathery, aromatic. Ian holloway, qld npws weed management guide pond apple annona glabra weed controlcontacts state. Cherimoya is closely related to the sugar apple and is, in fact, also called the custard apple. Phytopathogenic strains of the genus pythium cause billion dollar losses all over the world on natural and crop species. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.
Annona glabra commonly known as pond apple is a tropical fruit tree in the family annonaceae, in the same genus as the soursop and cherimoya. The tree is native to southern florida in the united states including the everglades, the caribbean, mexico, central and south america, west africa, and south asia sri lanka. Pdf leaf gas exchange and growth responses of young. Common names pond apple class 2, wons flower colour. Pond apple is a semideciduous woody tree, usually about 36 m tall, although it can grow up to 15 m. Although not as tasty as its tropical relatives usually eaten raw, but sometimes made into jellies and wine, pond apple provides an important food source for wildlife of this region. Fnps provides this link to assist users in finding sources for native plants. Light and soft wood is used to substitute cork in fishing nets. Annona muricata is a member of the annonaceae family and is a fruit tree with a long history of traditional use.
It is the weed of greatest concern in the wet tropics bioregion. Annonaceae is a tropical tree growing widely in the america and asia. It can establish as a dense understorey that suppresses other growth leading to monocultures. Annona glabra is a highly invasive woody weed that threatens wetland and riparian ecosystems of wet tropics, world heritage areas and beyond. Chromatographic fractionation of this extract led to the isolation of kaur16en19oic acid in a large amount as the main constituent, which was found to be largely responsible for the. Potential effects of fungicide and algaecide extracts of. The whole plant is used in traditional medicine as an anticancer drug cochrane et al. Annona diversifolia annona ilama, illama, annona blanca annona glabra pond apple, alligator apple, monkey apple annona haitiensis. It is a semideciduous woody tree that forms dense thickets capable of replacing whole ecosystems. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Plant database entry for pond apple annona glabra with 7 images and 38 data details. It grows in fresh, brackish and salt water and affects a wide range of disturbed and undisturbed coastal ecosystems. Media in category annona glabra the following 59 files are in this category, out of 59 total. Annonaceae, the custard apple, or annona, family, the largest family of the magnolia order magnoliales with 129 genera and about 2,120 species.
Caribbean fruit fly host list california department of. Seeds, bark and leaves contain many chemicals including acetogenins, apomorphnes alkaloids, cyclopepties, diterpenoids. I have just modified 2 external links on annona glabra. Hydrological fluctuation is an important ecological driver in ecosystems associated. Learn about growing cherimoya fruit, and other interesting info in this article. Annona glabra seeds pondapple, alligatorapple, swamp apple, corkwood, bobwood, monkeyapple plant world seeds. Leaves to 12 cm long, flowers cream, 3 outer petals with a red spot near base. Pond apple annona glabra department of agriculture and. Annona glabra s claim to fame is not culinary but medicinal. Annona humboldtiana kunth annona humboldtii dunal annona klainii pierre annona klainii pierre ex engl.
The longterm approach must be a biological strategy that involves incorporating plant species that are adapted to salt stress. Pdf ent kaurane diterpenoids from annona glabra chung. It is also native to many other places in the world, thanks to its dispersion methods. Pdf commercial annona species such as sugar apple and atemoya, are sensitive to flooding. The genus annona is thought to contain over 100 species, all shrubs or small trees, most native to the american tropics, and a few native to tropical africa. A downloadable pdf document of a book in prepublication awaiting illustration. It also affects farms as it grows along fencelines and farm drains. On a preliminary screening, substantial antimicrobial, antifungal and moderate insecticidal, sporicidal and cytotoxic activities were observed for the hexane extract of the stem bark of annona glabra l. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Common names include pond apple, alligator apple so called because american alligators often eat the fruit, swamp apple, corkwood, bobwood, and monkey apple. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in pond apple. Pond apple annona glabra native to swamplands of the southeastern united states. Homefamiliescustardapple, annonaceaepond apple, annona glabra color denotes a tree that is rare or endangered. This table can also be viewed as a pdf document printer friendly.
Annona glabra is a wild species related to several commercially grown annona species, including annona cheromola cherimoya, annona muricata soursop, annona reticulata custard apple or. To view the information pdf requires the use of a pdf reader. Pond apple is a native of north, central and south america and west africa. It is the second largest genus in the family after guatteria, containing approximately 166 species of mostly neotropical and afrotropical trees and shrubs. Annona glabra pond apple is a noncommercial species that. The tree is native to florida in the united states, the caribbean, central and south america, and west africa. Pdf acetogenins from annona glabra seeds diego cortes. In doing so, fnps is not attesting to the accuracy of any information on the fann webite. Pond apple annona glabra weeds of national significance. If you would like to participate, you can edit this article, or visit the project page, where you can join the project andor contribute to the discussion. It is regarded as one of the worst weeds in australia because of its invasiveness, potential for spread, and economic and environmental impacts. On jul 22, 2007, junglebob from palm bay, fl zone 9b wrote. Can somebody tell me the usage of annona glabra in treatment of breast cancer.
Tree 2 38 12 m high, the trunk narrowly buttressed at the base. Phelloxylon safford has edible although scarcely desirable, yellowfleshed fruits. Blog articles plant finder seeds order info planting instructions pdf seed instructions pdf site map. Although not as tasty as its tropical relatives usually eaten raw, but sometimes made into jellies and wine, it is very useful as a rootstock for other annona species.
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