Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden # 24, 1 by Clemen
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Clemen wrote: I found this info about the anona: Atis (Annona squamosa) (Sugar Apple) The most widely grown of all the species of Annona, has acquired various regional names: anon (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Panama); anon de azucar, anon domestico, hanon, mocuyo (Colombia); anona blanca (Honduras, Guatemala, Dominican Republic); anona de castilla (El Salvador); anona de Guatemala (Nicaragua); applebush (Grenadines); ata, fruta do conde, fruta de condessa, frutiera deconde, pinha, araticutitaia, or ati (Brazil); ates or atis (Philippines); The original home of the sugar apple is unknown. It is commonly cultivated in tropical South America, and in the Philippines and use as a flavoring for ice cream. The Spaniards probably carried seeds from the New World to the Philippines. Here is a pic |


