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Collection/Lowland Cherimoya
Lowland Cherimoya botanical plate
Plate · drawn for the register, 2026Annona macroprophyllata
Tree

Lowland Cherimoya

Annona macroprophyllata Donn.Sm.
Central Mexico to Honduras

A shrub or small tree of the custard-apple family from the Pacific lowlands of Mexico and northern Central America, closely related to the cherimoya, sugar apple and soursop. Its Spanish names, anona blanca and anona amarilla, refer to the pale or rosy flesh of its fruit. Detailed horticultural descriptions were not found in the allowed sources.

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1on the estate
1carrying a tag
0sponsored
FamilyAnnonaceae
Spanish nameAnona Amarilla
Also known asIlama, Ilama, Anona blanca, Ilamazapote, Anona amarilla
Native toCentral Mexico to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras; introduced to Nicaragua
TagGarden areaZonePlantedStatusSponsoredNote
301Orchard—5 July 2019Planted—

0 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.

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