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Annona hypoglauca

Botanic Family

Annonaceae

Author

Martius

Common Names

• Ata Brava (Brazil)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Maranhão
• Mato Grossa
• Pará
• Rondônia
• Roraima - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Rain forest
• inundated forest
• secondary forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Oct
• Nov (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

• Jan-Feb(Bolivia)
• Mar (Colombia)
• Jul (Brazil)

Tree or climber with leaves to 150mm x 50mm, hairy beneath. Pendent flowers with bracteoles, hairy calyx 3mm long, yellow-pink petals to 20mm x 16mm with a patch of maroon inside. Glaucous fruit.

Sweet edible fruit

Further References

• FB
• Fl. do Brasil
• The Plant List 2