custard apple

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File:Custard apple or Bullock's heart (Annona reticulata L.); fru Wellcome V0042682.jpg

Custard apple is a common name for several fruits and may refer to Annonaceae, the custard apple family,{{ITIS |id=18092 |taxon=Annonaceae |access-date=18 March 2008}} which includes the following species referred to as custard apples:

• Annona cherimola, a tree and fruit also called cherimoya{{GRIN | Annona cherimola | 3479 | access-date = 2008-04-21}}
• Annona muricata, a tree and fruit also called guanábana or soursop{{GRIN | Annona muricata | 3479 | access-date = 2023-11-16}}
• Annona reticulata, a tree and fruit also called custard apple, ox heart or bullock's heart
• Annona senegalensis, a tree and fruit called wild custard-apple{{GRIN | Annona senegalensis | 3501 | access-date = 2008-04-21}}
• Annona squamosa, a tree and fruit also called sugar apple or sweetsop{{GRIN | Annona squamosa | 3503 | access-date = 2008-04-21}}
• Asimina triloba,{{Cite web |title=Custard-apple |url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Custard-apple |website=TheFreeDictionary.com}} the "pawpaw", a deciduous tree, with a range from southern Ontario to Texas and Florida, that bears the largest edible fruit native to the United States or Canada.{{Cite web |title=Pawpaw Description and Nutritional Information |url=http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/pawpaw/cooking.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719225834/http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/pawpaw/cooking.htm |archive-date=2011-07-19 |access-date=2011-07-14}}

Custard apple may also refer to Casimiroa edulis, in the rue or citrus family, Rutaceae.