Annonaceae FAMILY Critically Endangered

Annona frutescens

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitShrub

Growth—

Annona frutescens is a plant of middle elevations in the moist tropics, with a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,600 - 2,000mm^[1]. The plant grows in the wild on soils that are derived from hard and soft limestones and occasionally mixed with laterites, bauxites, basalts and peridotites^[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Annona+frutescens>

Pollinators

Beetles, Insects

References

[1]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.