Annonaceae

Soursop

Annona muricata L.

Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Annona

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Soursop: Soursop fruit ( Annona muricata ). Photograph taken at the Jardin d'Éden botanical park, Saint-Gilles les Bains ( commune of Saint-Paul ), Réunion Island (India — Photo: Damien Boilley from suburbs of Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (78)

ace: Drien beulanda
Amharic: ግሽጣ, ኣምበሾክ
Arabic: قشطة شائكة
Armenian: Գուանուբանա
arz: قشطه شائكه
Bangla: লক্ষ্মণ ফল, টক আতা
Basque: Guanabano
bdr: Derian Sama
bi: Krossol
bik: Guyabano
bjn: Nangka balanda
Burmese: ဒူးရင်းဩဇာ
Cantonese: 刺果番荔枝
Catalan: Guanabaner, Guanabana, Guanàbana
Cebuano: Guyabano
Chinese: 刺果番荔枝, 刺番荔枝, 红毛榴莲
Croatian: Graviola
Czech: Anona ostnitá, Láhevník ostnitý
Danish: Graviola, Guanábana, Pigget Annona, Soursop
Divehi: އަނޯނާ
dtp: Lampun
Dutch: Zuurzak
English: Soursop, Brazilian pawpaw, Graviola, Guyabano, Prickly custard apple
Esperanto: Pikilanono
Filipino: Guyabano
Finnish: Oka-annoona
French: Corossolier
German: Stachelannone, Corossol, Guanábana, Guyabano, Sauersack
gor: Langge Lo Walanda
Greek: Γουανάμπανα
Guarani: Abaticú
Haitian Creole: Kowosòl
Hungarian: Szúrszop, Tüskés annóna
Indonesian: Sirsak
Italian: Graviola, Guanabana
Japanese: サワーソップ, ササップ, シャシャップ, トゲバンレイシ
Javanese: Nangka sabrang, Nangka walanda, Sirsak, Sirsat
Kannada: ಮುಳ್ಳುರಾಮಫಲ
Kazakh: Аннона, гуанабана
kg: Kolosole
kge: Nangka Balando
Korean: 그라비올라
Latvian: Skābā anona, Anona, Graviola
Lingala: Mondenge
Lithuanian: Dygliuotoji anona
Macedonian: Анона
mad: Nangka ènglan
Malagasy: Karasoly, Koropataka, Koropetaka
Malay: Durian belanda
Malayalam: മുള്ളാത്ത
Marathi: हनुमान फळ
mwl: Grabiola
nah: Etzapocuahuitl
Odia: ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମଣଫଳ, ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମଣ ଫଳ
Oromo: Ambashookii
pam: Guyabana
pap: Sorsaka
Persian: ساپادیل
Polish: Flaszowiec miękkociernisty
Portuguese: Graviola
Quechua: Wanapana
Russian: Сметанное яблоко
Serbian: Anona muricate
Sinhala: කටු අනෝදා
Slovak: Anona mäkkoostnatá, Graviola, Guanabana, Ostnatý cachiman, Quanabana, Soursop, Veľký corossol
Slovenian: Trnasta anona
Spanish: Anona de Mexico, Anona de México, Catoche, Durian bengala, Graviola, Guanabana, Guanabano, Guanábana
Sundanese: Sirsak
Swahili: Mstafeli
Swedish: Taggannona
Tamil: முள்ளு சீதா
Telugu: హనుమంతుని ఫలం, లక్ష్మణ ఫలం, లక్ష్మణఫలం
Thai: ทุเรียนเทศ
Tongan: ʻĀpele
ty: Tōtara
Ukrainian: Соу-сеп
Vietnamese: Mãng cầu Xiêm
wuu: 刺果番荔枝

Synonyms

Annona bonplandiana Kunth
Annona cearaensis Barb.Rodr.
Annona macrocarpa Wercklé
Annona muricata f. mirabilis R.E.Fr.
Annona muricata var. borinquensis Morales
Guanabanus muricatus M.Gómez

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

Photo: Damien Boilley from suburbs of Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Lytle from San Francisco, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: julianazuluaga-carrero, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.