It is a shrub or a tree reaching 3.3-3.9 meters in height. Its dark gray-brown bark is tough and flexible. Its leaves are 10.8-21.6 by 4.1-8.1 centimeters and come to an abrupt point at their tips. Its
petioles are 6.8 millimeters long. Its fruit are reddish-brown and the size of a goose egg. Its seeds are flat, yellowish, ovals, 9 millimeters in length. Its bark and unripe fruit have a remarkably foul odor.[4]
Reproductive biology
The pollen of Annona foetida is shed as permanent tetrads.[5] It is pollinated by the scarab beetle
Cyciocephala undata.[6]
Habitat and distribution
It grows in forest habitats. Its fruit mature in December.[4]
Uses
Bioactive compounds extracted from leaves, bark and branches have been reported to have antimicrobial,
antileishmanial and
antitrypanosomal activities.[7][8][9]
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