Custard apple
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Custard apple usually refers to:

• Custard-apple, also called bullock's heart or bull's heart, the fruit of the tree Annona reticulata.
• Annona reticulata, the species of tree that produces the custard-apple fruit^[1][2]

The term may also refer to:

• Annonaceae - the custard apple or soursop family.^[3]
  • Annona cherimola, a tree and fruit also called cherimoya.^[4]
  • Annona squamosa, a tree and fruit also called sugar apple or sweetsop^[5]
  • Annona senegalensis, a ftree and fruit called wild custard-apple^[6]
• Casimiroa edulis, also called white sapote, a fruit related to the citrus.

This plant is mostly found in the Rayalseema region in the state of Andhra Pradesh India. The uniqueness of this plant is that it cannot have plantations akin to other trees of fruit. This plant grows on it's own in the wilderness and there is no organized farming of this fruit. These fruits are generally available in the months of September, October, November and December in India.

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