Sugar apple

Annona squamosa

fruit

A round fruit covered in thick, soft scales, under which tender, sweet, fragrant white flesh is eaten with a spoon; a shrub of tropical America, a cousin of the cherimoya.

Origin

West Indies and tropical America

Season (United States)

all year round · grows in your region

Preparation

Spit out the seeds: they are toxic.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Its French name, cinnamon apple, comes from its cinnamon scent; in the French Caribbean it is also called atte, zatte or, in Creole, pocanelle.