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Annona senegalensis
« on: April 04, 2013, 05:50:38 AM »
During Easter I went up to Murchinson Falls national park, and it didn't take long before I spotted some trees of Annona senegalensis in flower and with fruits. Enjoy.!



Immature fruit



As above








Flowers


A leaf and my hand (which is not as big as Mikes')
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Re: Annona senegalensis
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2013, 07:28:15 AM »
thanks for sharing!

I never knew the bark on senegalensis was furrowed.
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Re: Annona senegalensis
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2013, 11:01:07 AM »
Wow, the pattern on the immature fruit is beautiful, hope you'll get to taste some in the future.

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Re: Annona senegalensis
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2013, 01:02:34 PM »
Is any one on the forum growing these? I have tried to get seeds to sprout several time, but with no luck
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Re: Annona senegalensis
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2013, 01:19:45 PM »
Nice pics Soren,

The fruit is really pretty.. Thanks for sharing..:)

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Re: Annona senegalensis
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2013, 01:29:59 PM »
They are not easy to germinate; got less than 10% success with GA3 and peroxide...
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Re: Annona senegalensis
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2013, 02:01:49 PM »
I have seedlings and I grafted a scion onto cherimoya which is still alive and growing.

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Re: Annona senegalensis
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2013, 02:15:12 PM »
Hej Soren,
The African custard-apple you found, sure looks awesome and huge...how big was the tree?

Thanks a bunch for sharing :) 
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Re: Annona senegalensis
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2013, 06:13:19 PM »
They are not easy to germinate; got less than 10% success with GA3 and peroxide...

I ordered some from Silverhill and got 0% germination.  :'( But i didn't use any GA3, peroxide, or even prayers.
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Re: Annona senegalensis
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2013, 06:21:22 PM »
Great pictures Soren, thanks for sharing! I can't wait for your report about the taste of those fruits  ;)
are those trees far away from your location?

A freind as a small tree grafted on chirimoya. Unfortunatelly I don't know the origin of this material. I hope he shares scions in near future.

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Re: Annona senegalensis
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2013, 09:24:26 PM »
Ray Jones has a lovely fruiting tree near Bradenton, in Palmetto.  Manatee Rare Fruit Council.

The taste is very good--- sweet, carroty, a little oily, reminiscent of some palm fruits.  Extremely seedy, so requires time and patience to eat, unless, I suppose, one simply ingests everything.  (That may be the secret treatment!  I haven't tried that.)
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Re: Annona senegalensis
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2013, 10:40:18 PM »
I was out walking in the botanic gardens today and decided to trek through a bed to find out what the stately tree was that I'd admired many times before. To me it looked like a guanabana crossed with a star apple. On closer inspection the label was Annona senegalensis and it's totally covered in flowers. I'm not sure if there is a second tree, but would they set fruit on their own? I'll post some pics once I upload them to the computer...

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Re: Annona senegalensis
« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2013, 10:56:13 PM »
Although on closer inspection it looks to be mislabelled. Any ideas on what the is one might be?











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Re: Annona senegalensis
« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2013, 09:18:49 AM »
I have no idea.  Close-up of flowers is too blurry.
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Re: Annona senegalensis
« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2014, 06:36:37 PM »
some sort of chrysophyllum relative.
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Re: Annona senegalensis
« Reply #15 on: November 09, 2014, 07:04:34 PM »
A friend is growing a grafted plant. The shape of the leaves is very interesting..





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Re: Annona senegalensis
« Reply #16 on: July 29, 2022, 09:07:17 PM »
Wanted to add my observations on this species as I am growing it now, and it seems to be gaining interest (again?)

First I sourced my seeds from JibrilEnterprises in Ghana- he is the man-

I sowed them in 100%vermiculite and watered pretty much daily- left them outside here in z9

My structure looks a bit different from the other pictures here- but It may just be because they are seedlings- it looks like the downy new growth

I had a few pop up after 2 years-







I had thought that I killed all of mine last year (as indicated by the Eugenia patirisii coplanted with it right now) but this is definitely as 2 year old that came back with some vigor-



I'm saving most of these at the moment to see if I can get some more cold tolerant ones but may let some go in the future-

Seems great for growing in pots, and could be a real gem if grafting to it proves to be successful