The sugar-apple,
sweetsop, or custard apple is the fruit of Annona squamosa, the most widely
grown species of Annona and a native of the tropical Americas and West Indies. The
flesh is fragrant and sweet, creamy white through light yellow, and resembles
and tastes like custard.
Our Sugar Apple fruits are shipped from California. Not from Florida. Each fruit weighs between 4oz to 6oz.
Sugar-apple is high in
energy, an excellent source of vitamin C and manganese, a good source of
thiamine and vitamin B6, and provides vitamin B2, B3 B5, B9, iron, magnesium,
phosphorus, and potassium in fair quantities.
As a result of its
widespread cultivation, many local names have developed for the fruit.In
English, it is most widely known as a sugar apple or sweetsop as well as a
custard apple, especially in India and Australia.
In Hispanic America,
regional names include anón, anón de azucar, anona blanca, fruta do conde,
cachiman, saramuyo, riñon,grenadilla(little grenade) and many others.
In Arabic, it is called قشطة
(qishta / ishta / ashta), the translation being "cream".
In Aceh, it is called
"seureuba".
In Angola, it is called
fruta-do-conde or fruta-pinha.
In Assamese, it is
called Atlos or অাতলচ.
In Bambara, it is called
zumzum or sunsun.
In Bangladesh, it is
called "Ata fol".
In The Bahamas, it is
called "sugar apple".
In Brazil, it is called
fruta-do-conde, fruta-de-conde, condessa, fruta-pinha, pinha (lit. cone), ata
or anona.
Its name in Burmese is ဩဇာသီး or aawză tē.
In Cambodia, regional
names include "plae teib".
In Curacao, it is called
"skopapel".
In Ethiopia, it is
called Gishta (ጊሽጣ) in Amharic.
In Germany, it is called
Zimtapfel, because of its taste.[3]
In Ghana, it is called
"Sweet Apple".
In Greece, it is called
γλυκόμηλο (sweet apple).
In Haiti, it is called
kachiman.
In Hong Kong, it is
called foreign lychee (番鬼荔枝).
In Iceland, it is called
sólberkja.
In India it is known as:
Sitaphal in most languages, literally meaning Sita's fruit
In Bengali: ata (আতা)
In Gujarati: sitaphal (સીતાફળ)
In Hindi: sharifa (शरीफ़ा)
In Bhojpuri: sharifa (शरीफ़ा)
In Kannada: sitaphala (ಸೀತಾಫಲ)
In Malayalam: aathakka (ആത്തക്ക) / seethappazham (സീതപ്പഴം)
In Marathi: sitaphal (सीताफळ)
In Odia: aata (ଆତ)
In Punjabi: sharifa (ਸ਼ਰੀਫਾ)
In Tamil: sitappalam (சீதாப்பழம்)
In Telugu: sita phalamu
(సీతా ఫలము).
In Indonesia,
srimatikiya or, as mostly people call it, srikaya.
In Jamaica, it is called
"sweetsop" or "sweet-sop".
in Japan, it is called
shakatou (釈迦頭, head of Shakyamuni).
In Kenya, it is called
matomoko.
In Madagascar, it is
called konikony in Malagasy, or pocanelle in French.
In Malawi, it is called
"mpoza" in chewa.
In Malaysia, it is
called buah nona.
In Mauritius, it is
called "zatte" in the Creole language.
In Martinique it is
called pomme cannelle.
In Mozambique it is
called ata.
In Nepal, it is called
"aati" as well as "saripha" (सरीफा).
In Nicaragua, it is
called "annona guatemala".
In Northern Nigeria, it
is called fasadabur in Hausa
In Pakistan, it is called
Sharifa (شريفا)
In the Philippines, it
is called atis.
In Singapore, it is
called Lim kim.
In Sri Lanka, it is
called "Anoda" or "Katu Atha" in Sinhalese,
"Annamunnaa" (அன்னமுன்னா) in Tamil.
In Taiwan, it is called
sakya (Chinese: 釋迦; pinyin:
shìjiā; Taiwanese: sek-khia, sek-kia) because one cultivar resembles the top
part of Shakyamuni's (釋迦牟尼) head.
In Tanzania, it is
called matopetope.
In Thailand, it is
called noi-na (น้อยหน่า).
In Uganda, it is called
ekistaferi.
In Vanuatu, it is called
korosol or pomkanel.
In Vietnam, it is called
mãng cầu ta or na.
In Yemen, it is called
Khirmish (خرمش).
In Oman, it is called
Sa'fal (سعفل).