Custard Apple
Annona squamosa
About Custard Apple
Custard Apple (Annona squamosa) is a herb used in the Caribbean Folk Medicine tradition to help with Diabetes, Fever, Digestive Issues, and Parasites. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
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