Atis (Sugar Apple)
Annona squamosa
About Atis (Sugar Apple)
Atis (Sugar Apple) (Annona squamosa) is a herb used in the Filipino Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Lice, Wound Healing, Digestive Issues, and Fever, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Annona squamosa is a small, well-branched tree or shrub from the family Annonaceae that bears edible fruits called sugar-apples or sweetsops. It tolerates a tropical lowland climate better than its relatives Annona reticulata and Annona cherimola (whose fruits often share the same name) helping make it the most widely cultivated of these species. Annona squamosa is a small, semi-(or late) deciduous, much branched shrub or small tree 3 metres (9.8 ft) to 8 metres (26 ft) tall very...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist