Scientific Synonyms:
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Previous name used in the website: |
Annona reticulata |
Family name: |
ANNONACEAE
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English name: |
Bull's heart Netted Custard Apple Bullock's Heart Bull's Heart
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Sinhala name: |
Weli atha (වැලි ආතා ) Anoda (අනෝදා) Attha (ආත්තා) Rata Sitha (රට සීතා)
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Tamil name: |
Ramsitha Ramachita Aninuna
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Sanskrit name: |
Lavani Krishnabija
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Conservation status: |
NE - Not Evaluated - Due to exotic origin
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Description: |
Tree 5 - 10 m tall. Leaf blade 10 - 20 cm long, 2 - 5 cm wide, lanceolate, acute or obtuse and shortly decurrent at base, gradually long-acuminate at apex, pubescent on both sides when young, glabrate on upper side at maturity. Flowers green, several from intermodal cymes, rarely leaf-opposed. Ripe fruit spherical or ovoid, turning yellow or reddish, smooth, areoles rather flat, separated by a reticulation of often raised ridges, pulp yellowish. Seeds black-brown.
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Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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Edible parts: |
Fruit
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Treatment for: |
Skin diseases Diarrhoea Dysentery Tumors Cancers
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Parts used in Treatment: |
Bark Seeds Fruits Leaves Whole Plant
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Related Medical Properties: |
Vermifuge Insecticide Arachnicide
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