Annona reticulata Seed toxicity-question

[fruitmonger]

So I was given a custard apple today and it seemed to be ripe.

Ripe enough where some of the skin would slough off with gentle pressure.

I began to eat it and noticed the following.

As I ate of the flesh I chewed on the harder parts and came in contact with seeds.

The majority of these seeds were sprouted and as a result split in half and sometimes fell to pieces from gentle chewing.

I am used to these seeds being so hard that no matter how firmly you bite them they stay together.

My question is this....before I stopped eating the fruit I may have crunched 6-8 seeds.

The first one or two really came apart.

I slowed my roll and began to pick it apart before eating but finally I gave up because even doing it by hand the seeds were splitting in half.


I am not feeling ill....it has been maybe 20 minutes.

Anyone ever have this happen to them?

Any ill effects?

[Galatians522]

I have gotten an upset stomach on rare occasions after eating anona fruits. I always figured it came from swallowing small seeds that I did not notice.

[Julie]

How are you doing?

[fruitmonger]

Although I was worried I did not experience any ill effects from the mild exposure to the seed cores.

I am not sure if the seeds being sprouted lessens the amount of toxin in the fleshy part of the seed.

Once I determined that there was no way to really avoid the seeds when eating the flesh of this one fruit I just stopped.

I saved the remainder of the fruit to plant out the germinated seeds.

I may use a community pot and just place the rest of it in there and see what comes out.

if any of them make it to a year they should make for good rootstock

Thanks for the replies and your note to ask how I was doing.

[Julie]

Ok - I saw this and I'm glad nothing bad happened - you made the right choice not to keep eating if you can't separate the fruit from the seeds - not much is known about these rare tropical fruits so you should exercise caution.