Annona SQUAMOSA L.


Synonym : -
Bangla Name : Ata, Sharifa, Luna.
English Name : Custard Apple, Sweetsop.
Family : Annonaceae
Disease : Purgative, astringent, diarrhea, tonic, cooling, maturant, laxative and anthelmintic.
Description : A small evergreen tree with somewhat bushy habit. Leaves 5-7.5 cm long, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic. Flowers solitary, 2.5 cm long, leaf-opposed, on short extra-axillary branchlets. Petals 3, narrow-oblong. Fruits globose, 5-10 cm diam. fleshy, surface tuberculate
Distribution : Planted throughout the country.
Chemical Constituents : Leaves and tender stem contain the alkaloids, anonaine, roemerine, norcorydine, corydine, norlaureline, isocorydine, norisocorydine, glaucine xylopine and lanuginosine. They also contain friedelin, alkaloids, (-)-xylopine (+)-methoxyarmepavine and lanugin
Uses : : The root is considered as a drastic purgative. The bark is astringent, used in diarrhoea. An infusion of the leaves is considered efficacious in prolapsus ani of children, and the bruised leaves with salt make a cataplasm to induce suppuration. Ripe fru
Habit : Tree