Alligator apple
കാട്ടാത്ത
Annona glabra L.
- light
- —
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 12 m
- wide
- —
Annonaceae
Also called Pond apple, Alligator Apple, Annone des marais, Bullock's heart, Cherimoyer
Formerly Annona australis, Annona chrysocarpa, Annona klainei, Annona laurifolia, and 4 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Trop. & Subtrop. America, W. & WC. Trop. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 12 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Cream, yellow, redRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (5)
- Fijian
- kaitambo, kaitambu, uto ni bulumakau
- French
- annone des marais, corossolier des marais
- Chinese
- 圆滑番荔枝, 圓滑番荔枝, 红香树
- Simplified Chinese
- 圆滑番荔枝, 牛心果
- Malayalam
- കാട്ടാത്ത
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Annona glabra (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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