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Annona reticulata L.
Scientific Synonyms:

Previous name used in the website: Annona reticulata
Family name: ANNONACEAE
English name: Bull's heart
Netted Custard Apple
Bullock's Heart
Bull's Heart
Sinhala name: Weli atha (වැලි ආතා )
Anoda (අනෝදා)
Attha (ආත්තා)
Rata Sitha (රට සීතා)
Tamil name: Ramsitha
Ramachita
Aninuna
Sanskrit name: Lavani
Krishnabija
Conservation status: NE - Not Evaluated - Due to exotic origin
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.
Native Distribution Status: Native
Edible parts: Fruit
Treatment for: Skin diseases
Diarrhoea
Dysentery
Tumors
Cancers
Parts used in Treatment: Bark
Seeds
Fruits
Leaves
Whole Plant
Related Medical Properties: Vermifuge
Insecticide
Arachnicide
Further Information: Kew Garden’s Medicinal Plant Names Services




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