Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Annonaceae | Genus: Annona | Species: Annona squamosa L. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Annona asiatica L., Annona cinerea Dunal |
Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Sharifa, Sitapha | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Custard Apple, Sugar Apple | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Sitaphal | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1200 m | Fruit Type | Aggregate |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit round or heart-shaped greenish yellow ripened aggregate |
| Habitat | Occurs in tropics and warmer subtropics and widely cultivated & naturalized | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and China | Bark Details | Bark dark brown, thin, fibrous, branches slightly pubescent when young |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | It is a small, semi-deciduous tree, 3-7 m in height, with a broad, open crown or irregularly spreading branches; bark light brown with visible leaf scars and smoothish to slightly fissured into plates; inner bark light yellow and slightly bitter; twigs become brown with light brown dots It is a small, semi-deciduous tree, 3-7 m in height with abroad, open crown or irregularly spreading branches bark light brown with visible leaf scars and smoothish to slightly fissured into plates | Leaf Details | Leaves 8-20 X 2.5-7 cm across, base acute, margin entire, apex obtuse to acute, coriaceous, membranous |
