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Netted Custard Apple
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Netted Custard Apple
ntroduced Photo: Prashant Awale
Common name: Netted Custard Apple, Bullock's heart, Bull's heart, Ox-Heart • Assamese: আত্ লচ্ Aat-Loch • Bengali: নোনা Nona • Bhojpuri: छोटीकरी Chotikari, कजौटा Kajauta • Gujarati: રામફલ Ramphal • Hindi: आत Aat (or आता Aataa / अता Ataa), लवनी Lavani, नोना Nona, पारावती Parawati, रामफल Ramphal, विन्ध्या Vindhya • Kannada: ರಾಮಫಲ Ramphal • Karbi: লঙলে জাঙফং Longle Jangphong • Konkani: ಗೊಯಿಂಚೆ ಅಂದಣ Goyinche Andana, रामफळ Ramphal • Malayalam: ആത്ത Aatha, പറങ്കിച്ചക്ക Parangichakka, രാമച്ചീത്താ Ramacheethaa • Manipuri: ꯑꯇꯥꯐꯜ Ataphal • Marathi: अनर Anara, अनवल Anaval, रामफळ Ramphal • Mizo: Thei-Chhung-Phut • Nepali: राम फल Raam Phal • Nyishi: Dowek • Odia: ଅଗ୍ରିମା Agrima, ବଡ଼ିଆଲ୍ Bardial, ନେହୁଆ Nehua, ଲବଣୀ Labani, ପିଠା ଫଳ Pitha Phala, ରାମଫଳ Ramphala • Punjabi: ਰਾਮਫਲ Ramphal, ਸ਼ਰੀਫਾ Sharifa • Sanskrit: अग्रिमा Agrima, बहुबीज Bahubija, गण्डगात्र Gandagatra, ग्रीष्मजा Grishmaja, लवनी Lavani • Santali: ᱟᱢᱥᱚᱯᱷᱚᱨᱤ Amsophori, ᱜᱚᱢ Gom, ᱱᱟᱜᱽᱼᱦᱟᱣᱟ Nag-Hawa, ᱨᱟᱢᱯᱷᱟᱞ Ramphal, ᱥᱟᱹᱯᱷᱨᱤ ᱟᱢ Saphri Am • Tamil: அணிநுணா Aninuna, ஆத்தா Atta, மனிலாவாத்தா Manilavatta, ராமச்சீத்தா Ramaccitta • Telugu: రామఫలము Ramaphalamu • Tulu: ರಾಮಫಲೊ Ramphalo • Urdu: آت Aat, لوني Lavani, نونا Nona, پاراوتي Parawati, رام پَھل Ramphal, وندهيا Vindhya Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Annona reticulata    Family: Annonaceae (Sugar-apple family)
Synonyms: Annona humboldtiana, Annona humboldtii
Netted Custard Apple is a fruit which is a close cousin of Sugar Apple. The tree that bears these fruits is a small deciduous or semi-evergreen tree sometimes reaching 10 metres tall and a native of Central America. The ill-smelling leaves are deciduous, alternate, oblong or narrow-lanceolate, 10-20 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, with conspicuous veins. Flowers, in drooping clusters, are fragrant, slender, with 3 outer fleshy, narrow petals 2-3 cm long, light-green externally and pale-yellow with a dark-red or purple spot on the inside at the base. The flowers never fully open. The compound fruit, 8-16 cm in diameter, may be symmetrically heart-shaped, lopsided, or irregular; or nearly round, or oblate, with a deep or shallow depression at the base. The skin, thin but tough, may be yellow or brownish when ripe, with a pink, reddish or brownish-red blush, and faintly, moderately, or distinctly netted.
Identification credit: Prashant Awale Photographed in Maharashtra.
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