Soursop - Annona muricata ( edit ) |
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Botany |
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| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Sub-family: | Annonoideae (subfam & crops) |
| Species: | Annona muricata |
| Common name: | Soursop |
Vertical photograph ( אד ) |
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| Makueni, Kenya - May 2016 (more photos) |
Origin |
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| Colombia & Venezuela (other crops from this region ) |
Uses |
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| Main use: | fruit |
| Harvest method: | hand picking |
| Shelf life: | short shelf life |
| Yield first season: | 5 fruits/tree/year |
| Yield top season: | 10 to 50 fruits/tree/year |
| Parameter | Concerning part | Quality | Crop's name | Proportion | Top-50 | |
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| Edibility | super food |
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| Medicinal | fruit |
low |
Anonaine |
0.01% |
0.50% |
medicals |
| Lipids | fruit peel (steam distillation ) |
good |
A. muricata leaf oil |
0.20%
| 1.50%
| liphids |
| Apiculture: | inapplicable |
honey | ||||
| Fruit: | good |
fruits | ||||
| Nut: | inedible |
nuts | ||||
| Fodder: | fodder | |||||
| Wood | stem / wood | no timber |
390ρ | 410ρ | timber | |
| Fuel: | stem / wood | 2.75 credits | 4,300 kcal/kg | fuelwood | ||
| Minor uses:
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assessments of other crops |
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creditsPlant Details |
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Makueni, Kenya - May 2016 (more photos) |
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Crown |
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| Parameter | Value | Unit | Top-50 |
| Height: | 9 |
m | tallest |
| Crown width: | 7 |
m | widest |
| Planting distance: | 300 |
cm | |
| Row distance: | 300 |
cm | |
| Growing speed: | fast |
fastest | |
| Shade tolerance: | partial shade |
umbra | |
Roots |
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| Parameter | Value | Top-50 | |
| RootSystem: | shallow |
hexagon | |
| MycorRhiza: | endo-mycorrhizae |
AM-plants | |
| Symbiotic fungi: | M-fungi | ||
| N-fixing: | not able to |
N-plants | |
| Symbiotic bacteria: | N-bact. | ||
Crop Timing |
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| Parameter | Value | Unit | Top-50 |
| First flowering: | 3 - 5 | Years | latest |
| Soonest commercial removal: | 50 |
Years | fastest |
| Lifespan: | 70 |
Years | oldest |
| InterCropModel(ICM): | |
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Regeneration |
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| Parameter | Value | Top-50 | |
| Flower morphology: | dioecious |
specials | |
| Pollinators: | hand |
specials | |
| Allelopathy: | not allelopathic | resists | |
| Abscission: | evergreen | specials | |
| Invasiveness: | not invasive | weeds | |
| Thorns: | no thorns | fencers | |
Environment |
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| Parameter | min | optimal | max | Unit | Top-50 | |
| Altitude: | 0m | 600 m | 1,200m | meters above sea-level | highest | |
| Temperature: | 4°C | 25°C | 34°C | Celcius | hardiest | |
| Rainfall: | 1,000 mm | 2000 mm | 3,000 mm | mm/year (litres/m2) | dryest | |
| Soil-pH: | 5.5 | 6.5 | pH | dryest | ||
| Soil-texture: | loam |
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| Climate: | tropical |
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Seeds |
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| Parameter | Value | Unit | |
| Seed storage: | orthodox |
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| Seed viability: | 36 |
months | |
| Seed weight: | 2,000 |
2,200 |
seeds/kg |
Tolerances |
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| Parameter | Value | Top-50 |
| Salt tolerance: | intolerant |
tolerants |
| Wind tolerance: | intolerant |
tolerants |
| Fire tolerance: | intolerant |
tolerants |
Pests and Diseases |
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Propagation instruction |
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Seeds Market |
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| Demends: | Offers: | ||
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| 5 | 5 | ||
Additional Photos |
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| Stem photo: | Crop's photo: |
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| (more photos) | (more photos) |