Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

Pond Apple

Annona glabra

Spanish: Anona

Pond Apple (Annona glabra)
Photographed by betootero on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Annona glabra is a tropical fruit tree in the family Annonaceae, in the same genus as the Soursop and Cherimoya. Common names include pond apple, alligator apple (so called because American alligators often eat the fruit), swamp apple, corkwood, bobwood, and monkey apple. The tree is native to Florida in the United States, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and West Africa. It is common in the Everglades. The A. glabra tree is considered an invasive... Most often recorded in Aug, Apr.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Magnoliales › Annonaceae
Local records2 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records7,366 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2022 – 2022
Months recorded near La Saladita
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Cite as: “Pond Apple (Annona glabra) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/annona-glabra/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.