Rajagiri Flora

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Pond Apple
Botanical Name

Annona glabra L. 

Common Name Pond Apple
Local Name കാട്ടു ആത്ത
Family Annonaceae
Campus Location

Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad

Systematic position
Kingdom:  Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae

Pond apple is a tropical tree species grows in swamps, salt-tolerant. It is native to Florida in the United States, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and West Africa. The tree reaches up to a height of 12 m, leaves ovate to oblong, spherical and apple-shaped fruits containing many convex-shaped light yellow-brown seeds.

  • Fruits are edible and medicinal, used to make jams and fruit drinks.
Botanical Name

Annona glabra L. 

Common Name Pond Apple
Local Name കാട്ടു ആത്ത
Family Annonaceae
Campus Location

Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad

Systematic position
Kingdom:  Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae

Pond apple is a tropical tree species grows in swamps, salt-tolerant. It is native to Florida in the United States, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and West Africa. The tree reaches up to a height of 12 m, leaves ovate to oblong, spherical and apple-shaped fruits containing many convex-shaped light yellow-brown seeds.

  • Fruits are edible and medicinal, used to make jams and fruit drinks.