Soursop
Soursop is a fruit with an acidic taste, closely related to the sweeter custard apple.
This page provides some basic information on the soursop, some soursop photos and a soursop recipe.
Basic information on soursop
| Scientific name: | Annona muricata |
| Synonym: | Annona sericea |
| English: | Soursop Brazilian pawpaw Prickly custard apple |
| Dutch: | Zuurzak |
| Spanish: | Guanábana Graviola |
| French: | Corossolier Corossol |
| German: | Guanábana Guyabano Corossol Stachelannone Sauersack |
| Italian: | Graviola Guanabana |
| Other: | Durian Belanda |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Origin: | Caribbean, Central America, South America |
| Distribution: | Caribbean, Central America, South America, South-East Asia |
| Evergreen or deciduous: | Evergreen |
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| Fruits: | Fruits are 20 to 30 cm long. The green surface is prickly. The skin has a pattern of diamonds or squares, each with a soft bended thorn. Fruits can weigh up to over 2 kg. The taste of the fruit is slightly acidic (hence the name soursop) and can be compared with strawberry and pineapple mixed together. Inside the fruit is a white pulp with many seeds and fibrous membranes around pockets of flesh. The fruits contain vitamins C, B1 and B2. |
| Climate and weather: | The soursop likes a climate with high humidity and relatively warm winters. The temperature should never fall below 5 °C. |
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| Height: | Soursop are small trees that can be up to 10 meters tall but usually smaller. |
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| Uses: | The fruit is difficult to eat as it is and is therefore usually squeezed out to juice. |
Soursop photos
Proverbs
Quotes
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Soursop recipes
Soursop drink (from the island of Curacao)
Peel the Soursop. Blend it at low speed (don't crush the seeds) mixed together with milk and cinnamon. Strain it and it is ready to drink with ice (or crushed ice).
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