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Sour Sop
Sour Sop has a white flesh on the inside with a greenish prickly skin on the outside. There are also large black seeds located within the fruit which are easy to eat around. The taste is very sweet and the texture is soft. This fruit is commonly used to make juice in St. Lucia .
Soursop is the fruit of "Annona muricata", a broadleaf, flowering, evergreen tree. The exact origin is unknown; it is native to the tropical regions of the Americas and the Caribbean and is widely propagated. It is in the same genus, "Annona", as cherimoya and is in the Annonaceae family.
Similar species: Magnoliales
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Uploaded Oct 29, 2014. Captured Oct 9, 2014 11:48 in Diamond, Saint Lucia.
