Annona coriacea

{{Short description|Species of tree}}

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| genus = Annona

| species = coriacea

| authority = Mart.

| synonyms = *Annona geraensis Barb.Rodr.

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web

|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2640825

|title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species

|access-date=May 18, 2021}}

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Annona coriacea (araticum in Portuguese) is a fruit tree native to Brazil. Its original habitat includes the ecoregions of Cerrado, Caatinga, and Pantanal. There, it is typically found in scrublands and savannahs, though it is sometimes grown in orchards. Its wood is used in constructions and toys. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

A. coriacea typically reaches 3-6 meters tall and has a globose crown.{{Cite web|title=Annona coriacea - Useful Tropical Plants|url=http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Annona+coriacea|access-date=2021-05-18|website=tropical.theferns.info}} It has simple leaves and terminal flowers that produce edible fruits, which are densely hairy when young.{{Cite web|title=Annona coriacea Ariticum-catí, Jaca do Campo|url=https://www.rarepalmseeds.com/annona-coriacea|access-date=May 18, 2021|website=Rare Palm Seeds}} The heavily fragrant flowers are primarily pollinated by beetles at night.{{Cite journal|last1=Costa|first1=Marilza Silva|last2=Silva|first2=Ricardo José|last3=Paulino-Neto|first3=Hipólito Ferreira|last4=Pereira|first4=Mônica Josene Barbosa|date=2017-02-02|title=Beetle pollination and flowering rhythm of Annona coriacea Mart. (Annonaceae) in Brazilian cerrado: Behavioral features of its principal pollinators|journal=PLOS ONE|language=en|volume=12|issue=2|pages=e0171092|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0171092|issn=1932-6203|pmc=5289549|pmid=28152094|doi-access=free}}

This tree is susceptible to attack by the Mediterranean fruit fly.{{Cite web|title=Annona coriacea|url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/5807|access-date=2021-05-18|website=www.cabi.org}}