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Annona squamosa
uh-NO-nuh -- Latinized form of the American Indian
taino, vernacular name for cherimoya
skwa-MO-suh -- scaly
commonly known as: custard apple (in India), sugar apple, sweetsop •
Assamese: আতলচ-কঁঠাল aatloch kothal •
Bengali: আতা ata, শরিকা shorifa •
Gujarati: સીતાફળ sitaphal •
Hindi: आत, आता or अता ata, बहुवीज bahu-vij, मुक्ताफल muktaphal, सीताफल sitaphal •
Kannada: ಸೀತಾಫಲ seetaphala •
Konkani: सीताफल siitaaphala •
Malayalam: ശീടാഫലം seethapazham •
Manipuri: সীতাফল sitaphal •
Marathi: आत ata, मुक्ताफल muktaphala, शिताफळ or सिताफळ sitaphala •
Nepali: आँट् aunt •
Oriya: sitaphalo •
Persian: شريفه sharifa •
Punjabi: ਸ਼ਰੀਫਾ sharifa, ਸੀਤਾ ਫਲ sita phal •
Sanskrit: आतृप्यम् atrupyum, बहुबीजम् bahubijam, मुक्ताफलम् muktaphalam, सीताफलम् sitaphalam •
Tamil: ஆத்தா atta, சீத்தா citta •
Telugu: సీతాఫలము sita-phalamu •
Urdu: آتا ata, شريفه sharifa
Distribution: widely cultivated in tropics; probable origin West Indies
References:
Flowers of India •
Wikipedia •
Purdue University •
NPGS / GRIN •
DDSA
