Custard Apple (Annona reticulata)

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Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Annona reticulata L.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Annona reticulata
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.: L.
Common names: Custard Apple, bullock's-heart, custard-apple, ox-heart
Names in other languages (33)
Anone réticulée, Coeur de boeuf, Z'annone, Anone réticulée, Cœur-de-bœuf, Bullock's heart, Caracao de bel nona, Coeur de boeuf, Corazón, Konokono madosi, Konokono manga, Netzannone, Ochsenherz, annone réticulée, anona corazon, anona corazón, anoneira, anonillo, araticum-coração-de-boi, biribá, cachiman, condessa, corazón de buey, coração-de-boi, corossol reticulé, fruta-conde, fruta-de-condessa, fruta-do-conde, houpo piha, mamán, nona kapri, nätannona, pinha, 牛心果, 牛心梨, 牛心番荔枝
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).: Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.: Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).: Magnoliales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).: Annonaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.: Annona
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.: reticulata
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Annona reticulata
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.: accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.: Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-12 18:02.

Photo of Annona reticulata L. — Photo: Gabriel · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-12 18:02.

Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 6 of 6 is a host of × is eaten by × interacts with × has as a parasite × has as a vector × is adjacent to ×

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is a host of 86 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Lasiodiplodia theobromae Botryosphaeriaceae	is a host of	7	not compared
7 sources · 7 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3702660 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Canal Point · Sept. 1, 1937 · Preserved specimen Simmonds, J.H.. 1966. Host index of plant diseases in Queensland. Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane :111 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Australia · no date published Mathur, R.S.. 1979. The Coelomycetes of India. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Delhi, India. :460 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: India · no date published Urtiaga, R.. 1986. Indice de enfermedades en plantas de Venezuela y Cuba. Impresos en Impresos Nuevo Siglo. S.R.L., Barquisimeto, Venezuela :202 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Cuba · no date published Orieux, L., and Felix, S.. 1968. List of plant diseases in Mauritius.. Phytopathol. Pap. 7:1-48 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Mauritius · no date published Peregrine, W.T.H., and Ahmad, K.B.. 1982. Brunei: A first annotated list of plant diseases and associated organisms.. Phytopathol. Pap. 27:1-87 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Malaysia · no date published Gurunath Rao, V.. 1966. An account of the market and storage diseases of fruits and vegetables in Bombay-Maharashtra India. Mycopathol. Mycol. Appl. 28:165-176 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: India · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Anthracnose Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Glomerellaceae	is a host of	7	not compared
7 sources · 8 records Stevenson, J.A.. 1975. Fungi of Puerto Rico and the American Virgin Islands. Contr. Reed Herb. 23:743 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Record contexts (sample): Virgin Islands · no date published; Puerto Rico · no date published https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1262290 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Intercepted San Juan Puerto Rico #12135 · March 10, 1956 · Preserved specimen Arnold, G.R.W.. 1986. Lista de Hongos Fitopatogenos de Cuba. Ministerio de Cultura Editorial Cientifico-Tecnica :207 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Cuba · no date published Ciferri, R.. 1961. Mycoflora Domingensis Integrata.. Quaderno 19:1-539 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Dominican Republic · no date published Mathur, R.S.. 1979. The Coelomycetes of India. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Delhi, India. :460 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: India · no date published Gorter, G.J.M.A.. 1977. Index of plant pathogens and the diseases they cause in cultivated plants in South Africa. Republic South Africa Dept. Agric. Techn. Serv. Pl. Protect. Res. Inst. Sci. Bull. 392:1-177 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: South Africa · no date published Thaung, M.M.. 2008. Biodiversity survey of coelomycetes in Burma. Australas. Mycol. 27:74-110 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Myanmar · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Anthracnose Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Glomerellaceae	is a host of	6	no location
6 sources · 7 records Urtiaga, R.. 1986. Indice de enfermedades en plantas de Venezuela y Cuba. Impresos en Impresos Nuevo Siglo. S.R.L., Barquisimeto, Venezuela :202 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Record contexts (sample): Venezuela · no date published; Cuba · no date published Simmonds, J.H.. 1966. Host index of plant diseases in Queensland. Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane :111 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Australia · no date published Crous, P.W., Phillips, A.J.L., and Baxter, A.P.. 2000. Phytopathogenic Fungi from South Africa. University of Stellenbosch, Department of Plant Pathology Press :358 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: South Africa · no date published Minter, D.W., Rodriguez Hernandez, M., and Mena Portales, J.. 2001. Fungi of the Caribbean: an annotated checklist. PDMS Publishing :946 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: West Indies · no date published Peregrine, W.T.H., and Ahmad, K.B.. 1982. Brunei: A first annotated list of plant diseases and associated organisms.. Phytopathol. Pap. 27:1-87 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Malaysia · no date published Riley, E.A.. 1960. A revised list of plant diseases in Tanganyika Territory. Mycol. Pap. 75:1-42 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Tanzania · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Trichasterina popowiae Asterinaceae	is a host of	5	not compared
5 sources · 5 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1653890 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Llano Costero, Banks of Rio Ozama · Dec. 15, 1929 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1653891 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: San Cristobal · March 13, 1926 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1829188 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: San Cristobal, Santo Domingo · March 13, 1926 · Preserved specimen Ciferri, R.. 1961. Mycoflora Domingensis Integrata.. Quaderno 19:1-539 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Dominican Republic · no date published Ciferri, R.. 1929. Micoflora Domingensis. Lista de los hongos hasta la fecha indicados en Santo Domingo. Ser. B, Bot. Estac. Agron. Moca 14:1-260 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Dominican Republic · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is eaten by 19 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Green-spotted Triangle Graphium agamemnon Papilionidae	is eaten by	2	no location
2 sources · 3 records Edward Baker; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Amoret Whitaker; Steen Dupont; Vincent Smith; John S Noyes (2017). NHM Interactions Bank. https://doi.org/10.5519/0060767. Accessed at <https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/82e807f0-6273-4f19-be0a-7f7558442a25/resource/f84ad9f1-bd0c-4811… Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Record contexts (sample): no place published · no date published; no place published · no date published ABRS 2009. Australian Faunal Directory. Graphium agamemnon. Australian Biological Resources StudyNode, Canberra. Accessed at <http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2a2449aa-183d-4dd1-97b0-4fb5aceea8cf> on 04 Sep 2026. Published in globalbioticinteractions/siad Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Leschenault’s Rousette Rousettus leschenaultii Pteropodidae	is eaten by	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records Sudhakaran, M. R. & P. S. Doss. 2012. Food and foraging preferences of three pteropodid bats in southern India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4 (1): 2295-2303. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Tamil Nadu · no date published Sudhakaran 2012 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: India · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Greater Mascarene Flying Fox Pteropus niger Pteropodidae	is eaten by	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1812263 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 15, 2015 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1831992 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 4, 2015 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Graphium sarpedon Papilionidae	is eaten by	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records Edward Baker; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Amoret Whitaker; Steen Dupont; Vincent Smith; John S Noyes (2017). NHM Interactions Bank. https://doi.org/10.5519/0060767. Accessed at <https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/82e807f0-6273-4f19-be0a-7f7558442a25/resource/f84ad9f1-bd0c-4811… Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published ABRS 2009. Australian Faunal Directory. Graphium sarpedon. Australian Biological Resources StudyNode, Canberra. Accessed at <http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2105d764-1a66-4537-b838-1e67de44fca7> on 04 Sep 2026. Published in globalbioticinteractions/siad Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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interacts with 16 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Black Twig Borer Xylosandrus compactus Curculionidae	interacts with	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=21318337 Published in globalbioticinteractions/uhim Context: Hilo State Nursery · Jan. 12, 1967 · Preserved specimen https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1932809 Published in globalbioticinteractions/ecdysis Context: Hilo State Nursery · Jan. 12, 1967 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Parasitoid wasp Leptomastix dactylopii Encyrtidae	interacts with	1	no location
1 source · 2 records @article{94659, author = {Smith, D.}, booktitle = {General and Applied Entomology}, journal = {General and Applied Entomology}, pages = {3-8}, title = {The use of <i>Leptomastix dactylopii</i> Howard (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) to control <i>Planococcus citri</i> (Risso)… Published in globalbioticinteractions/taxonworks Record contexts (sample): no place published · no date published; no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Indian Flying Fox Pteropus giganteus Pteropodidae	interacts with	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Sudhakaran and Doss, 2012 Published in globalbioticinteractions/aziz2021 Context: India · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Florida Red Scale Chrysomphalus aonidum Diaspididae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 2 records Tri-Trophic Thematic Collection Network, 2014 (and updates). Version: 2016-03-08. http://tcn.amnh.org/. National Science Foundation grant(s) EF#1115081, EF#1115103, EF#1115080, EF#1115144, EF#1115191, EF#1115104, EF#1115115 Published in globalbioticinteractions/arthropodEasyCaptureAMNH Record contexts (sample): Miami, Chapman Field · May 11, 2005 · Preserved specimen; Miami, Chapman Field · May 11, 2005 · LabelObservation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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has as a parasite 5 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Parasitoid wasp Bephratelloides cubensis Eurytomidae	has as a parasite	6	no location
6 sources · 6 records De San979b via Universal Chalcidoidea Database Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published Burks979 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published NadelPe991b via Universal Chalcidoidea Database Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published HernanUrBa2010 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published NadelPe991 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published PenaBe995 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Bephratelloides pomorum Eurytomidae	has as a parasite	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records De San979b via Universal Chalcidoidea Database Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published Ehrenc968 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Parasitoid wasp Leptomastix dactylopii Encyrtidae	has as a parasite	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Smith991 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Cobb's spiral nematode Helicotylenchus dihystera Hoplolaimidae	has as a parasite	1	no location
1 source · 1 record ABRS 2009. Australian Faunal Directory. Helicotylenchus dihystera. Australian Biological Resources StudyNode, Canberra. Accessed at <http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/9cc0863f-10fa-0b3b-e044-00144f3b4a43> on 04 Sep 2026. Published in globalbioticinteractions/siad Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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has as a vector 2 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Bat Chiroptera	has as a vector	1	no location	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at order level.
1 source · 1 record van der Pijl, L. 1957. The dispersal of plants by bats (chiropterochory). Acta Botanica Neerlandica 6: 291-315. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Unspecified · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
birds Aves	has as a vector	1	no location	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at class level.
1 source · 1 record @Book{Cooper_2013, year = {2013}, author = {Wendy Cooper and William T. Cooper}, title = {{Australian rainforest fruits}}, publisher = {CSIRO Publishing}, pages = {272}, } Published in globalbioticinteractions/austraits Context: no place published · no date published · literature A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is adjacent to 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Lasiodiplodia theobromae Botryosphaeriaceae	is adjacent to	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3702660 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Canal Point · Sept. 1, 1937 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Interaction data from Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI), GloBI 0.11. Each row keeps the citation its own study published.

Interactions are published at species level: they are not resolved by variety or race.

Each block is headed by the source's own term, read from this species' end — not by a category of ours. Two similar terms are not merged.

«Documented here» means the interaction was observed in this territory. It is not evidence that the species is here, and it does not enter the niche model.

Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

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What the source states	Claim type	Context	Source	Actions
Árbol nativo candidato de paisaje	Recommendation of a guideRecommended	coffee · Veracruz, México	Biolítica · compilación de café de CIE-10 sha256:e376ce4d636a
1 source · 1 record Flores-Ortiz et al. 2025 Context: coffee · Veracruz, México A guide's recommendation, in its own context. It is not a measurement and does not carry over to another crop or region.