What is Annonaceae?

The term "Annonaceae" concerns plants in the Annonaceae family, a member of the Magnoliales Order. It is the largest of the families in this order, with more than 120 genera and more than 2,200 species. The common name of the family is the Apple Apple family. The family has both deciduous and still green members. The common characteristics of family members include aromatic cortex and have two rows of smooth leaves arranged alternately on their branches. Most of the plants in this family also have on the base of their flowers divided into three parts. Fruits that develop from pistils can be carried individually or in clusters. In some species developing ovaries combine into multi -part fruits.

Annonaceaae family found around the world. Most family members are tropical or subtropical, and there is a wide variety in Amazon jungles. The species carrying fruit primarily came from America, but human activity has expanded them to all tropical areas of the world.

The species of Annonaceae were once expanded outside the tropics, but most of the unusual families and species died out. Some species, such as the custard apple itself, can be grown to the north as Florida. The American southeast paw tree, Assimina triloba, is a surviving family zone.

family species Annonaceae are grown primarily for their fruit. The fruit Annonaceae in widespread economic use is an apple or Annon Reticulata; Cherimoya or Annona Cherimola; SOURSOP or Annon Muricata; and Sweetsop or Annon Squamosa, which is also known as Sugar Apple. Paw trees are not commercially cultivated, but their fruit is highly valued. The apple of the pond, also called the alligator Apple or Annon GLABR, carries good to eat fruit, but produces excellent rootstocks for the types of orchards.

In the Amazon regions, the natives used crushed bark Annonaceae as a twine and wood as firewood. The use of wood includes an outdoor structure such as bridges and engineeredRan poles. Some species, such as a mast or pendula polyalthia longifolia, are grown as ornamental trees in tropical and subtropical areas. The Ylang-Elang tree, Cananga odorat, has very fragrant flowers used commercially in cosmetics. At the end of the 20th century, scientists began to study many species of Annonaceae for possible pharmaceutical use.