Annona senegalensis fruit on a stem, with leaves near Fada N'gourma in Burkina Faso.
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Magnoliids
Order:
Magnoliales
Family:
Annonaceae
Genus:
Annona
Species:
A. senegalensis
Binomial name
Annona senegalensis
Pers.[2]
Annona senegalensis, commonly known as African custard-apple,[3]wild custard apple, wild soursop, abo ibobo (Yoruba language),[4]sunkungo (Mandinka language), and dorgot (Wolof language)[5] is a species of flowering plant in the custard apple family, Annonaceae. The specific epithet, senegalensis, translates to mean "of Senegal", the country where the type specimen was collected.[6]
A traditional food plant in Africa, the fruits of A. senegalensis have the potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable land care. Well known where it grows naturally, it is largely unheard of elsewhere.[3]
^Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Annona senegalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136996621A146212025. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T136996621A146212025.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^A. senegalensis was originally described and published in Synopsis Plantarum 2(1): 95. 1806.
^ abNational Research Council (2008-01-25). "Custard Apples". Lost Crops of Africa: Volume III: Fruits. Vol. 3. National Academies Press. ISBN 978-0-309-10596-5.
^Bascom, William R. (Jan 1951). "Yoruba Food". Africa. 20 (1). Cambridge University Press: 47. doi:10.2307/1156157. JSTOR 1156157. S2CID 149837516.
^Jones, Michael (1994). Flowering plants of the Gambia. A.A. Balkema. p. 19. ISBN 9054101970.
^"Annona senegalensis". AgroForestry Tree Database. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
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