Stats

Lifespan

15-50 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical dry forest

Range

Tropical Americas

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Uncommon

About

The sweetsop is a small tropical tree whose knobby, scale-covered fruit splits into segments when ripe, revealing sweet creamy white flesh studded with glossy black seeds — a beloved treat across South and Southeast Asia.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Magnoliales

Family

Annonaceae

Genus

Annona

Species

Annona squamosa