Annona mucosa

Biribá
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Annona
Species:
A. mucosa
Binomial name
Annona mucosa
Jacq. (1764)
Synonyms
Synonyms list
    • Annona biflora Sessé & Moc. (1894)
    • Annona muscosa Aubl. (1775)
    • Annona obtusiflora Tussac (1813)
    • Annona obtusifolia DC. (1824)
    • Annona parviflora Ruiz & Pav. (1959), no type indicated.
    • Annona pteropetala Ruiz & Pav. ex R.E.Fr. (1934)
    • Annona reticulata Sieber ex A.DC. (1832), nom. illeg.
    • Annona reticulata var. mucosa (Jacq.) Willd. (1799)
    • Annona squamosa Vell. (1829), nom. illeg.
    • Rollinia biflora G.Don (1831)
    • Rollinia curvipetala R.E.Fr. (1934)
    • Rollinia deliciosa Saff. (1916)
    • Rollinia jimenezii Saff. (1916)
    • Rollinia jimenezii var. nelsonii R.E.Fr. (1948)
    • Rollinia micrantha G.Don (1831)
    • Rollinia mucosa (Jacq.) Baill. (1868)
    • Rollinia mucosa subsp. aequatorialis R.E.Fr. (1934)
    • Rollinia mucosa var. macropoda R.E.Fr. (1934)
    • Rollinia mucosa var. neglecta (R.E.Fr.) R.E.Fr. (1938)
    • Rollinia mucosa subsp. portoricensis R.E.Fr. (1934)
    • Rollinia neglecta R.E.Fr. (1934)
    • Rollinia orthopetala A. DC. (1832)
    • Rollinia permensis Standl. (1929)
    • Rollinia pterocarpa G.Don (1831)
    • Rollinia pulchrinervia A.DC. (1832)
    • Rollinia sieberi A.DC. (1832)
    • Rolliniopsis parviflora var. angustifolia R.E.Fr. (1934)

Annona mucosa is a species of flowering plant in the custard-apple family, Annonaceae, that is native to tropical South America. It is cultivated for its edible fruits, commonly known as biribá, lemon meringue pie fruit, or wild sugar-apple, throughout the world's tropics and subtropics.