Plant Details

Accepted name:: Annona squamosa L. [Annonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
aant	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
agrimakhya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amrita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amritakayida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amritaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amrithaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amrutaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amrytakayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amrytakayida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amrytaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amuchi kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amucikayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
annila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
annone	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
annone écailleuse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
anon	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
anona	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
anona blanca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
antacheecha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anón	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
at	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ata	Other	Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
atamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atasitaphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ath	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atis fruit	Other	Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022)
atripya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
attaccakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attachchakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attier	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
aw-za	Other	Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)
azat	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
bahubijaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banjhi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
buah nona	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bullock's heart	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cachiman cannelle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chirimoya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chirimoyo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cintamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
corazon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cupakalavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cupakarajamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
custard apple	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
custard-apple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
duranji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
duranji hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
duranji mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fan li zhi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fruta de condesa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fruta del conde	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fruta-de-conde	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
fruta-do-conde	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fó tóu guǒ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fān lì zhī	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ganda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganda gaathramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganda gathram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandagaatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gandagatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandagatramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandhagatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guabico	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
gutea	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalia	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kaneelappel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kaya	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
krishnabija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krisnabija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
letcumimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mai-awza	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
maka ya gala	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
matomoko	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mela canella	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mkonokono mustafeli	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
mshofu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mstafeli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mtomoko	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mtopetope	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nilampuccitta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nona	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
palo bomba	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
pilavai-kolli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
pomme canelle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pomme cannelle	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
pomo canella	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rahmapfel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
saramuyo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
sarifa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saripha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
schuppenan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
seeni aththa	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
seetapandu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seetha pazham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seethaaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seethapandu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seethaphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seethaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seethaphalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seethaphalamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seri kaya	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sharifa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sharifaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sharifah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sharilfah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sharipha	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
shariphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sherifa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shubha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shì jiā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sirpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sirpha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitaa phala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sitaaphalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sitahala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitahannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitapalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitapalem	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitapandu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitaphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sitaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitaphalamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitappalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sith-tha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sithapalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sithaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sot-maroat	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
subha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sugar apple	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
sugar appple	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sutakanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suthakanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sweet sop	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sweet-sop	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sweetsop	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
süßsack	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tirilokeyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirilokeyamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
topetope	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ts´ almuy	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
ts´ armuy	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
vaidehivallabha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
සීනි ආතා	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
佛头果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
番荔枝	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
释迦	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Bark, Fruit, Leaves, Root, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Leaves, seeds		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leaves, roots, frond, bark, fruit, seed		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
Whole plant, bark, fruit, seed, root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaves, root, fruit, seed, bark	juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaves		Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
leaf, bark		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Fruits, leaves		Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)
seed		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
seed		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Xylopia glabra L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1250 (1759).
Annona asiatica L. Sp. Pl.: 537 (1753).
Annona asiatica Vahl Symb. Bot. 3: 73 (1794).
Annona cinerea Dunal Monogr. Anonac.: 71 (1817).
Annona distincta Raeusch. Nomencl. Bot. Pl. Illustr., ed. 3: 160 (1797).
Annona forsskalii DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 472 (1817).
Annona glabra Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 102 (1775), nom. illeg.
Annona squamosa Delile Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 17 (1812), nom. illeg.
Annona squamosa f. parvifolia Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 3 (1898).
Xylopia frutescens Sieber ex C.Presl Isis (Oken) 21: 273 (1828), nom. illeg.
Xylopicron glabrum (L.) Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 202 (1766).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Annona squamata Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Annona squamosa	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Annona squamosa L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Annona squamosa Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Annona squamosa Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Anona squamosa	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Anona squamosa L.	Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Xilopia glabra Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Xylopia glabra	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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