Botanical Name - Anona reticulata

----- A. reticulate :- F.I.B.I. V. I.P.78. Econ. Prod. V.I.P. 258. Vern, Ramphal, Hind. Ramphalam (Tel). The bullock's heart.

----- A small tree; young branches tomentose, older glabrous; leaves membranous, oblong-lanceolate 4-7 in. by 1-1 3/4 in; flowers 2-4, on lateral pedicle, 1/2 in. long elongated and becoming thick and woody in fruit. Sepals small ovate, acute, tomentose. Petals shorter than the sepals, in 2-series, tomentose on both surfaces. Fruit 4-6 in. diam., sub-globose or sometimes heart shaped, roughish outside yellow or yellowish red when ripe. Differs from A. squamosa in teh large fruit, in the large and more pointed leaves and in the greater number of veins.

----- Indigenuous of West Indies but cultivated mostly in gardens and parks Fruits ripen from February to March.