Annona squamosa L.

Ifb
The Flora and Ethnobotany of Cat Island, Bahamas
Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium (MU)
Species	Annona squamosa	Ali: L.
Family	Annonaceae
Common Name Sugar Apple
Free with yellow fleshy 3-parted flowers. Immature green fruits.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Description
Location/Habitat
Latitude
Uses/Comments
Collector(s)
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Port Howe, at the northeast end of the settlement. Found in Luther's yard,
which is just past the little store on the north side of the main road, and is
often seasonally Hooded.
24°09’ 56" N	Longitude 75°19'82”W
The fruit is edible and often cultivated. Leaves may be boiled u ith other
plants and taken for hypertension, nerves, and high blood pressure.
Leaves are put in one's hat for a headache.
Laurel R. Richey
99-419 Duplicates 6 »ate June 9, 1999
Plants Dried llsing a Kerosene Heater
Vouchers for Laurel Richey's PhD Dissertation
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