Family: Annonaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Tree
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
Native Range:
Mexico, Central America and South America; widely planted and naturalized elsewhere.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for sinkholes on Grand Bahama at Eight Mile Rocks. Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 534) as escaped from cultivation in sinkholes and disturbed areas in the northwestern and central Commonwealth (regions 10-9, 6).
Comments:
For another image, visit
Top Tropicals or click on the Flora of the West Indies link below. The image displayed on USDA PLANTS is incorrect; it is a photo of
Annona squamosal.
