Annonaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Annona spinescens

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree

Growth—

Annona spinescens is a plant of the 'Caatinga' dry forest region of northeast Brazil. The climate is hot and dry, there are usually 6 to 11 months without rain each year. The mean annual rainfall varies from 250 - 1,000mm, and the mean annual temperature is from 24 - 26°c.

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Beetles, Insects

References

[1]Plant Material Introduced by the Division of Foreign Plant Introduction, Bureau of Plant Industry, October 1 to Dece — USDA, Washington · 1932 ↩︎
[2]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.
[3]Inventory of Seeds and Plants Imported by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, April 1 to June 30, 19 — Bureau of Plant Industry, USDA., Washington · 1917 ↩︎
[4]Dictionary of Trees; Volume 2 South America; Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology — Grandtner M.M. & Chevrette J. · Academic Press; London · 2014 · ISBN 978-0-12-396490-8 ↩︎