Custard apple explained

Custard apple is a common name for several fruits and may refer to Annonaceae, the custard apple family, which includes the following species referred to as custard apples:

• Annona cherimola, a tree and fruit also called cherimoya
• Annona muricata, a tree and fruit also called guanábana or soursop
• Annona reticulata, a tree and fruit also called custard apple, ox heart or bullock's heart
• Annona senegalensis, a tree and fruit called wild custard-apple
• Annona squamosa, a tree and fruit also called sugar apple or sweetsop
• Asimina triloba,^[1] the "pawpaw", a deciduous tree, with a range from southern Ontario to Texas and Florida, that bears the largest edible fruit native to the United States or Canada.^[2]

Custard apple may also refer to Casimiroa edulis, in the rue or citrus family, Rutaceae.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Custard-apple . TheFreeDictionary.com.
2. Web site: Pawpaw Description and Nutritional Information . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719225834/http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/pawpaw/cooking.htm . 2011-07-19 . 2011-07-14.