Sitaphal

Variety of Sugar apple · Annona squamosa

Traditional Indian landrace type, the basis of many regional selections.

Also known as: Custard Apple (India), Sharifa

🇮🇳 India

Taste & characteristics

juicysweetaromatic

Round green fruit with pronounced bumpy skin and sweet, granular flesh with many seeds.

Undemanding, drought-tolerant tree widespread on the Indian subcontinent.

Reliable yield; main harvest late summer to winter.

Umbrella term for seeded landraces from which Balanagar and others were selected.

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