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Soncoya
Annona purpurea
a.k.a. Cabeza de negro  

A medium quality Annona, often grown in dooryards in its native range. The skin tends to be very hard.

Description: Medium sized tree to 35ft. Fruits usually ripen towards late summer and early fall.

Hardiness: Exact hardiness unknown, but not frost hardy.

Growing Environment: Needs a very warm, wet climate to flower and fruit.

Propagation: Native range from southern Mexico through Columbia and Venezuela.

Uses: Eaten raw or strained for juice. Extracts from the seeds are poisonous and can be used as an insecticide. Juice is sometimes used as a remedy for fevers. Inner bark is used to prepare teas, often to treat dysentery.

Native Range: Almost exclusively by seed.