The Sugar-apple, Annona squamosa, also known as Sweetsop and Custard-apple (custard apple is another plant in the same genus, Annona reticulata). Sugar-apple is an indigenous, fruit bearing tree, of the tropical Americas, India and Pakistan. It is a small semi-evergreen tree reaching 6-8 meters in height.

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Cherimoya, Annona cherimola, also known as Custard Apple, is a sub-tropical to mild-temperate fruit bearing tree that will stand light frosts. In reality, Cherimoyas need to receive enough chilling, between 50 and 100 hours or else will go through delayed leafing. Cherimoya is a semi evergreen fast-growing tree native of Ecuador, Colombia and Peru. It [...]

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The Biriba, Rolinia mucosa, is a tropical, deciduous fast-growing tree, from 4-15 meters tall, indigenous of western Amazon and with a far-reaching natural range, from Peru and northern Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil and in the north to Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia and southern Mexico.

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Colombian Walnut, Juglans neotropica, is also known as Ecuadorian Walnut, Andean Walnut and Cedro Nogal. It is a nut bearing tree found in a wide variety of Pre-Montane and Montane forests, and in cloud forests, between 1600 and 2500 meters of altitude in tropical Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The tree is endangered by habitat loss.

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