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Sugar-apple
The color is typically pale green to blue-green. It is a native of the tropical Americas and West Indies.
The flesh is fragrant and sweet, creamy white to light yellow, and resembles and tastes like custard. The ripe sugar apple is usually broken open and the flesh segments enjoyed while the hard seeds, which are poisonous, are separated in the mouth and spat out.
To see what it looks like inside, click here:
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''Annona squamosa'' is a small, well-branched tree or shrub from the family Annonaceae that bears edible fruits called sugar-apples. It tolerates a tropical lowland climate better than its relatives ''Annona reticulata'' and ''Annona cherimola'' helping make it the most widely cultivated of these species....hieroglyph snipped...
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Claire...how good is your knowledge on ferns. We took these pics in St. Lucia last week but I cannot find an identification. There are just so many species but I thought that they are so unusually large that it would be identified somewhere...but to no avail:
Posted 10 years ago
Absolutely no idea about the fern I'm afraid, my plant knowledge is severely limited. Hopefully maybe Wildflower will be able to come up with something. Posted 10 years ago