Annona
[5] The plants typically grow in areas where air temperature does not drop below 28 °F (−2 °C), especially Cuba, Jamaica, Central America, India the Philippines and Calabria (southern Italy).The woody trunks have thin bark that has broad and shallow depressions or fissures which join together and are scaly, giving rise to slender, stiff, cylindrical, and tapering shoots with raised pores and naked buds.Those species of Annona which are more morphologically derived, as well as all Rollinia spp., possess reduced floral chambers and attract small beetles such as Nitidulidae or Staphylinidae.[13] The compound annonacin and dozens of other acetogenins contained in the seeds and fruit of some members of Annonaceae such as Annona muricata (soursop) are neurotoxins and seem to be the cause of a Parkinson-like neurodegenerative disease.The only group of people known to be affected by this disease live on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and the problem presumably occurs with the consumption of plants containing annonacin.
Annona (disambiguation)PreꞒLate CretaceouspresentAnnona squamosaAnnona muricataScientific classificationPlantaeTracheophytesAngiospermsMagnoliidsMagnolialesAnnonaceaeAnnonoideaeAnnoneaeType speciesSynonymsRolliniaTaínoflowering plantspawpawsugar appleGuatteriaNeotropicalAfrotropicalshrubsHispaniolanPaleoethnobotanicalexploitationcultivationYautepec River regionsugar-applesoursopspeciesA. cherimolaA. muricataA. squamosaA. reticulataA. senegalensisA. sclerodermaA. purpureahybridatemoyaedibleA. crassifloraA. salzmanniiacetogeninstaprootedevergreendeciduoustropicalJamaicaCentral AmericaPhilippinesCalabriaFloridasepalspetalsstamenspistilsstigmamany individual small fruitsDynastid scarab beetlesmorphologicallyNitidulidaeStaphylinidaeAnnonacinneurotoxinneurotoxinsParkinson-likeGuadeloupetauopathytau proteinList of Annona speciesPlants of the World OnlineAnnona acuminataAnnona acutifloraAnnona ambotayAnnona angustifoliaAnnona asplundianaAnnona atabapensisAnnona aurantiacaAnnona bullataAnnona cacansAnnona cascarilloidesAnnona cherimolaAnnona chrysophyllaAnnona conicaAnnona cordifoliaAnnona coriaceaAnnona cornifoliaAnnona crassifloraAnnona crassiveniaAnnona cristalensisAnnona cubensisAnnona deceptrixAnnona deminutaAnnona dioicaAnnona diversifoliaAnnona dolichophyllaAnnona ecuadorensisAnnona ekmaniiAnnona foetidaAnnona glabraAnnona globifloraAnnona haematanthaAnnona haitiensisAnnona hypoglaucaAnnona hystricoidesAnnona jahniiAnnona jamaicensisAnnona longifloraAnnona macrocarpaAnnona macroprophyllataAnnona manabiensisAnnona moaensisAnnona montanaAnnona nitidaAnnona nutansAnnona oligocarpaAnnona paludosaAnnona pittieriAnnona praetermissaAnnona purpureaAnnona reticulataAnnona rigida