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SUPER GOLDER CUSTRED APPLE

Original price was: ₹499.00.Current price is: ₹299.00.

Seeds Specifications

Seeds per Packet 1000
Common Name Sugar Apple, Custard apple, Sita Phal, Sharifa
Height 20 to 30 feet
Flower Colour Yellow-green on the outside and pale-yellow inside
Bloom Time Summer, Spring
Difficulty Level Easy to grow

Planting And Care

  • Sugar apple is normally fairly low maintenance and quite easy to grow, as long as a level of basic care is provided throughout the year
  • Growing sugar apple tree requires weed management
  • the sugar apple is susceptible to wind damage
  • Therefore, it should be planted in a location that is sheltered from the wind

Annona Squamosa Sharifa Care

  • Seed propagation is the traditional method, through which the sugar apple tree is grown
  • Seed should be planted horizontally, 2 – 3 cm deep at a distance of 1
  • 5 cm in a good quality seed mix
  • Generally, the germination occurs within 30 days
  • Although, its germination rate is low and time is slow due to the tough seed coating
  • Plant spacing is 5 X 5 m
  • The plantation is done in the rainy season
Sunlight Full sun to part shade
Watering Medium
Soil Rich, evenly moist but well-drained soil
Temperature 25 to 41 degrees C
Fertilizer Apply any organic fertilizer
Harvest Season Summer, Spring

Annona Squamosa Sharifa Special Feature

The flesh is fragrant and sweet, creamy white through light yellow, and resembles and tastes like custard.

Annona Squamosa Sharifa Uses

Ornamental Use:

  • The plant is used for an ornamental purpose

Medicinal Use:

  • The bark and leaves contain annonaine, an alkaloid
  • In tropical America, a decoction of the leaves is used as a cold remedy and to clarify urine
  • A bark decoction is used to stop diarrhoea, while the root is used in the treatment of dysentery
  • Sugar-apple is high in energy, an excellent source of vitamin C and manganese, a good source of thiamine and vitamin B6, and provides vitamin B2, B3 B5, B9, iron, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium in fair quantities
  • Note: USe only after consulting the specialist

 

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About Annona Squamosa Sharifa

This tree should only be planted outdoors in frost-free areas protected from cold winds. It is best grown in rich, evenly moist but well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Tolerates average soils. A small tropical tree, indigenous to the Amazon rainforest, growing up to 30 feet tall.

The leaves are thin, oblong while the flowers are greenish yellow. Flowers are oblong, never fully open, with 1 in long, drooping stal