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Cherimoya, Annona cherimola, is a fruit-bearing tree in the custard-apple family, Annonaceae, associated with the Andean regions of South America. Its green fruit has overlapping scale-like or smooth depressions on the skin and soft white flesh surrounding numerous hard, dark seeds. The edible pulp...
Atemoya, botanically Annona x atemoya, is a cultivated hybrid between the cherimoya and the sugar apple, both members of the custard-apple family. It produces a segmented green fruit containing aromatic, sweet, custard-like pulp and numerous dark seeds that are not eaten. Grown in warm subtropical a...
Pawpaw, or Asimina triloba, is a small deciduous tree native to eastern North America and a member of the custard-apple family, Annonaceae. It produces the largest edible fruit native to the United States, with green skin, large dark seeds, and soft yellow flesh often compared in texture to custard....
A Central American custard apple native to Mexico and Guatemala producing large fruit with pink or white flesh, less widely cultivated than other Annona species.
A tropical fruit tree native to the Caribbean and Central America related to soursop (Annona muricata), bearing large fruit used mainly in folk medicine rather than cuisine.
