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Annonaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Annona aurantiaca

Annona aurantiaca

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Annona aurantiaca is a smal, clump-formingl tree or shrub, growing from 2 - 5 metres tall. The edible fruit is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. ]. Annona aurantiaca has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - central to northern Brazil.
HabitatSavannah and the Pantanal.