Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Magnoliales

Annonaceae - Custard-apple family

Robson, N.K.B. (1960) Annonaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1)

Description of the family

Trees, shrubs, shrublets or lianes. Stipules 0. Leaves alternate, held in one plane in two rows, entire, aromatic when crushed. Flowers solitary or paired to fasciculate or cymose, terminal or axillary, usually bisexual, actinomorphic, Sepals (2-)3. Petals (4-)6 in 2 whorls, free or ± united. Stamens numerous, spiral or 6-12 and whorled. Carpels 1-many, free or united at the base or completely united to form a 1-locular ovary; ovules 1-many. Styles free or united, or 0. Fruit usually composed of 1-10 free carpels, rarely a 1-locular fruit (Annona).

Worldwide: 112 genera and 2,150 species, tropics.

Mozambique: 1 cultivated genus and 2 cultivated taxa.

Annona squamosa

Links to cultivated genera:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

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Annona L.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Annonaceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Annonaceae
Flora of Caprivi: Annonaceae
Flora of Malawi: Annonaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Annonaceae
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Annonaceae
Flora of Zambia: Annonaceae
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Annonaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Annonaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Annonaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Annonaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Annonaceae
Wikipedia: Annonaceae


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Mozambique: Cultivated plants: Family page: Annonaceae.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/cult/family.php?family_id=12, retrieved 21 March 2023

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