Annonaceae
Custard apple
Annona reticulata
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Genus
- Annona
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Common names
By language (46)
- Arabic
- القشطة الهندي, القشطه الهندي
- Armenian
- Եղնասիրտ
- arz
- القشطة الهندى
- Bangla
- নোনা
- Bhojpuri
- शरीफा
- bik
- Anonas
- Burmese
- ဩလဲသီး
- Chinese
- 牛心梨, 牛心番荔枝, 牛心果
- Czech
- Láhevník síťovaný
- Dutch
- Custardappel, Ossehart, Ossenhart
- English
- Custard apple, Bull's heart, Bullock's heart, Common custard apple, Jamaica apple, Netted custard apple
- Esperanto
- Reteta anono, Anono retikula
- Finnish
- Käpyannoona
- German
- Netzannone
- Gujarati
- રામફળ
- Haitian Creole
- Kachiman
- Hindi
- रामफल
- Indonesian
- Mulwa
- Irish
- Úll custaird
- Japanese
- ギュウシンリ, カスタードアップル, 牛心梨
- Kannada
- ರಾಮಫಲ
- Kinyarwanda
- Umutima w'imfizi
- Korean
- 커스터드애플
- Lingala
- Mundengé
- Lithuanian
- Akytoji anona
- mad
- Binuwa
- Malagasy
- Hobohobo, Keradebefo, Konokono, Konokonombazaha, Koropetaka, Voankobohobo
- Malay
- Nona kapri
- Malayalam
- ആത്ത, Custard apple, ആത്തചക്ക, ആത്തച്ചക്ക, ആത്തപ്പഴം
- Marathi
- रामफळ
- new
- माकःफ्वंसि
- Odia
- ରାମଫଳ, ନେଉଆ
- pam
- Anunas
- Persian
- آنونا رتیکولاتا
- Polish
- Flaszowiec siatkowaty
- Punjabi
- ਸੀਤਾਫਲ
- Russian
- Кремовое яблоко, Аннона сетчатая
- Sanskrit
- लवनीयम्, अश्वत्थः, रामफलम्
- shn
- မၢၵ်ႇဢေႃႇလႄး
- Sindhi
- سيتا ڦل
- Spanish
- Anona corazon, Anona corazón, Chirimoya, Corazon de buey, Corazón de buey, Maman, Mamán
- Sundanese
- Manowa
- Telugu
- రామఫలం
- Thai
- น้อยโหน่ง
- ty
- Tapotapo hutu pua’atoro
- Vietnamese
- Lục bát, Cây lục bát, Trái lục bát
Synonyms
- Annona excelsa Kunth
- Annona humboldtiana Kunth
- Annona humboldtii Dunal
- Annona laevis Kunth
- Annona longifolia Sessé & Moc.
- Annona lutescens Saff.
- Annona primigenia Standl. & Steyerm.
- Annona reticulata var. primigenia (Standl. & Steyerm.) Lundell
- Annona riparia Kunth
Flowers
- In flower
- February, July (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ks.mini, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alberto Alcalá, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ks.mini, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yolanda M. Leon, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Caro Lopez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Raúl A. Ruiz M., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alain Le Magueresse, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.