Tree Details

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Botanical Name	Annona squamosa L.
Family Name	Annonaceae
Common Name	Sitaphal, Custard Apple , Sharifa ,Sugar Apple, Sweetsop
Tamil Name	சீத்தா மரம்
Life Form	Tree
Distribution	Caribbean, Central America & Northeastern S. America
Botanical Distribution	Habit: A small tree Leaves: Simple, alternate, exstipulate, oblanceolate, entire, obtuse. Flower: Bracteate, complete, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, trimerous, hypogynous. Stamens numerous,arranged spirally over a conical receptacle, filaments short, anthers appendaged. polycarpellary, apocarpous, superior, spirally arranged, one ovule in each carpel, basal placentation, style short, stigma tapering and papillose. Calyx: Calyx made up of 3 sepals, gamosepalous, valvate. Corolla: Corolla made up of 3 petals, polypetalous, valvate, pale-yellow. Fruit: An etaerio of berries. Seeds: Smooth and blackish
Flowering and Fruiting	April-August
Key Compounds	Diterpenoid alkaloid atisine, alkaloids oxophoebine, reticuline, isocorydine.
Medicinal Use	Treating cardiac ailments, thyroid-related disorders. Fruits used anti-diabeticective,anti-dyslipidemic
At the Campus	Botanical Garden