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''Annona cherimola'', originally called Chirimuya by the Inca people who lived where it was growing in the Andes of South America, is an edible fruit-bearing species of the genus ''Annona'' from the family Annonaceae. It is now widely cultivated mostly for its sweet fruits that share the name ''Custard-apple'' with others in its family.〔 〕 Other English common names include cherimoya, chirimoyo, momona, kelemoio. ==Description== ''Annona cherimola'' is a fairly dense, fast-growing, woody, briefly deciduous but mostly evergreen low branched, spreading tree〔 or shrub〔 to tall.〔 ;Stems and leaves: Mature branches are sappy and woody;〔 young branches and twigs have a matting of short, fine, rust colored hairs.〔 :Leathery leaves to long〔 to wide〔 mostly elliptic, pointed at the ends and rounded near the leaf stalk. When young, covered with soft, fine, tangled, rust colored hairs. When mature, hairs only along the veins on the undersurface.〔 Tops hairless and a dull medium green with paler veins,〔 backs velvety,〔 dull grey-green with raised pale green veins. New leaves are whitish below.〔 :Leaves are single and alternate, 2-ranked〔 attached to the branches with stout to long and densely hairy leaf stalks.〔 ;Flowers: Very pale green,〔 fleshy flowers long,〔 with very strong fruity odor,〔 each with three outer, greenish, fleshy, oblong, downy petals and 3 smaller, pinkish inner petals〔 with yellow or brown finely matted hairs outside, whitish with purple spot〔 and many stamens on the inside.〔 They appear on the branches opposite to the leaves, solitary or in pairs or groups of three,〔〔 on flower stalks that are covered densely with fine rust colored hairs, to long. Buds to long, to wide at the base.〔 ;Fruits and reproduction: Large green conical〔 or heart-shaped compound fruit,〔 to long,〔 and diameters of to ,〔 with skin that gives the appearance of having overlapping scales or knobby warts. Ripening to brown with a fissured surface〔 from winter into spring;〔 weighing on the average to but extra large specimens may weigh or more.〔 The ripened flesh is creamy white〔 and contains numerous hard, inedible, brown or black, beanlike, glossy seeds, to long〔 and about half as wide.〔 :Hand pollinated flowers give more fruits. :''Annona cherimola'', preferring the cool Andean altitudes, hybridizes with the other ''Annona'' species and a hybrid with A. reticulata called atemoya has received some attention in West Africa. Along with other ''Annona'' species, ''Annona cherimola'' has been shown to possess antioxidant activity in its flesh and skin components 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Annona cherimola」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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