Atemoya (Annona atemoya)

Family: Annonaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (5/5)

Annona atemoya is a small tropical tree suitable for a gardens if you have space. it has delicious edible fruit with a sweet flavour that can be eaten raw. It is not known in the wild. Also recorded as Annona × atemoya.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Delicious . — A sweetish flavour.; The fruit contains 18% sugar, it can be utilized as a flavouring of ice cream, sherbets and beverages.; Of excellent quality, it resembles A.; Cherimola more than it does A.

Habitat & North American Range

A hybrid of garden origin, it is not known in the wild. (Zone 10)