Atemoya
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Atemoya ( Annona × atemoya ) |
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The Atemoya ( Annona × atemoya ) is a hybrid of two Annona species - the cinnamon apple ( Annona squamosa ) and the cherimoya ( Annona cherimola ) - which originally come from the South American tropics. The Atemoya fruit is typically heart-shaped or rounded with a light green skin. The first crossing was made in 1908 by PJ Wester.
description
The Atemoya tree is very similar to a cherimoya tree. This fast-growing, deciduous tree reaches heights of 7.5 to 9 meters. Of the branches that are typically drooping, the lowest ones reach the ground. The alternate leaves have a length of up to 15 cm. The leathery leaf blade is elliptical and less hairy than that of the cherimoya.
The long-stalked flowers are yellow and 6 cm long and 4 to 5 cm wide.
The fruit is conical or heart-shaped with a length of up to 10 cm and a diameter of 9.5 cm. The fruits, which weigh up to 2.25 kg, are light bluish-green or pea-green and slightly yellow between the areoles when ripe. The fruit skin is about 3 mm thick. The fragrant pulp is snow-white with a fine texture, largely firm and not clearly divided into segments. Each fruit contains fewer seeds than the cinnamon apple . The pulp tastes sweet and a little sour at the same time, similar to the taste of cherimoya. The hard, smooth seeds are so dark brown that they appear black and cylindrical with a length of 2 cm and a diameter of 8 mm.
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- Julia F. Morton: Fruits of Warm Climates. 1987, ISBN 0-9610184-1-0 , Atemoya - Annona squamosa × Annona cherimola - Uploaded by New Crop Resource Online Program . (Section description).