Custard apple is a perennial semi-deciduous small tree. One of the five famous tropical fruits in the world, it is native to tropical America. It likes a warm and dry environment and is mostly planted in tropical areas. Because its shape resembles the head of Sakyamuni in Buddhism, it was named "Sakyamuni", and because it was introduced from "Fan", it is also called "custard apple". It is light green-yellow when mature, and the surface is raised by polygonal molluscs as big as a little finger (many mature ovaries and tori are formed together). The flesh is milky yellow, soft and tender, and highly sweet. Taiwan currently has the most cultivated custard apples in the world. Every year when custard apples are in abundance, Taitung County holds a special custard apple festival to invite people from all walks of life to taste this delicious fruit. Custard apple varieties are roughly divided into soil type Custard Apple (native species), soft branch Custard Apple, Dawang Custard Apple, and Wanglai Custard Apple Atemoya (pineapple Custard Apple).

Annona squamosa (scientific name: Annona squamosa), also known as Annona squamosa (Hainan), Ringo (Chaoshan, Guangdong), Mark Luotuo (Guangxi), Yangpolo (Longzhou, Guangxi), Annona (Guangxi) Pingxiang), Custard apple, Sapphire apple, and Buddha's head fruit (Taiwan), are perennial semi-deciduous small tree plants of the Annonaceae family. The ovary and receptacle are combined). The size of the fruit is similar to that of a pomegranate. The fruit is sweet and the flesh is milky white. The flesh is white and has a dense taste, sweet and slightly sour. It is sweet when eaten fresh and has a very good flavor. With its unique fragrance, custard apple is listed as one of the famous tropical fruits. The mature fruit is light green-yellow. Due to its appearance characteristics, the surface is raised by a polygonal molluscum as big as a little finger (made up of many mature ovaries and receptacles), which resembles a Buddha's head, so it depends on cones and Buddha's head fruits. , known as the Sakyamuni fruit.

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Original from tropical areas of America, it is cultivated in Hainan, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan in China.

It likes light and a warm and humid climate. It requires the annual average temperature to be above 22℃ and is not cold-tolerant.

It is suitable for growing in deep, fertile and well-drained sandy loam soil. The main fruit maturity period is from June to November.

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Nutritional value

Custard apple is extremely nutritious and high in calories. It can effectively replenish physical strength, beautify the skin, replenish physical strength, Clean blood, strengthen bones, prevent scurvy, enhance immunity, and fight cancer. It has been known as a fine tonic since ancient times and has extremely high nutritional value. Custard apple pulp is milky white and rich in vitamins, protein, iron, calcium, phosphorus, etc. The "Annona lactone" rich in Custard Apple has strong anti-tumor activity, so Custard Apple is known as the "Anti-tumor Star". The Japanese believe that sugar apple is the fruit with the most vitamin C in the world. Elderly people often eat custard apple, which can protect cardiovascular disease. However, due to its extremely high sugar content, patients with weight loss and diabetes should not eat more.

The seeds, leaves and bark of Custard Apple all contain alkaloids, which can treat dysentery. Custard apple seeds contain a yellow drying oil that can be used to kill lice and shampoo. The leaves are ground into powder and can be used to treat ringworm and scabies and as a thickening agent.

Medicinal value

Annona has the effect of activating brain cells and is often used to treat brain atrophy abroad. Patients often eat custard apples, which has a significant auxiliary therapeutic effect in alleviating symptoms. In addition, custard apples have high fiber content, which can effectively promote intestinal peristalsis and eliminate feces accumulated in the intestines. At the same time, it is also the best anti-inflammatory drug. Oxidized fruit can effectively delay skin aging and whiten skin.

Since 1970, experts have conducted more than 20 studies on custard apple. Research results show that custard apple extract can effectively fight malignant cells in 12 types of cancer, including colon cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer and pancreatic cancer. At the same time, cherimoya also has antifungal and antiparasitic effects. In addition, it can help regulate blood pressure and is an antidepressant and broad-spectrum antibiotic.

Quotation of Custard Apple

The highest price at the factory (yuan/g) and the lowest price (yuan/g)? The price that sales volume prefers

Fujian Province 35.60 yuan/ 500g 17.80 yuan/500g ?17.80 yuan/500g ? 148.01—245.00

Hainan Province 71.11 yuan/500g 19.98 yuan/500g ?26.17 yuan/500g ? 148.01—245.00

Select sugar apples

Thick scales and thin skin are preferred

Custard apple is a tropical fruit, with its main production period from July each year to February of the following year. The ripe fruit is light green-yellow, oval, and the skin is covered with bumps connected to form a ball. When you open the sugar apple, it is composed of dozens of small petals. Each petal contains a small black and shiny core (black seed). The flesh is milky white, has a sweet taste and a unique fragrance. It is listed as one of the famous tropical fruits.

“When purchasing custard apples, it is better to have thick scales, thin peel (representing more meat and less seeds), plump and regular fruit shape, and a conical shape.” According to Lao Lin, a fruit wholesaler at the city’s farmers’ market. Introduction: The unripe sugar apple has a green skin and milky yellow scales. The fruit is hard and easy to carry. After purchasing unripe fruits, consumers need to ripen them themselves. The ripening method is very simple. Lao Lin said that as long as the sugar apples are wrapped in water-soaked tissue paper or newspapers, they can be softened and eaten in about a day. If you buy too much at one time, you can temporarily put them in the refrigerator after ripening and divide them into batches. edible. Don't put it in the refrigerator before ripening, which may cause "dumb fruit" that is inedible. In addition, ripened custard apples should not be exposed to the outside, as this can easily become a breeding ground for insects to lay eggs.

The custard apple is best eaten when the fruit can be easily peeled in half and the pulp is still "white and soft" but not "watery"; put the soft and ripe pulp into a fresh-keeping container and freeze it for storage It lasts for about 30 days and is the best flavor of summer ice cream.

How to consume

Eat fresh sugar apple raw, squeeze it into juice, or make it into syrup for drinking. Its pulp can also be used to make fruit juice or ice cream. In addition, it can also be mixed with milk to drink. The taste is also very good. Friends who are patient can also use it to make wine, preserves and jams, etc. You can even mix it with various other fruits and drink it as you like.

Custard Apple Fried Rice

Ingredients: Custard apple, sausage, shrimp, appropriate amount of rice, 1 tablespoon of starch powder, a little each of flour, pepper, chopped green onions, dried shrimps, and chicken powder.

Method: Peel the shells and seeds of the custard apple, and cut into small pieces; cut the sausage and shrimp into cubes; paste the custard apple with flour and oil, and stir-fry with the ingredients.

Custard Apple Citrus Smoothie

Ingredients: 100 grams of Custard Apple, 1 citrus; appropriate amounts of condensed milk, honey, and sake.

Method: Peel and seed 100 grams of custard apple, and cut into small pieces; peel and remove the seeds of citrus, mix well with custard apple pulp, add appropriate amounts of condensed milk, honey, and sake and serve. This food appetizers, strengthens the spleen, moistens the intestines and relieves constipation.

Custard Apple Egg Honey Juice

Ingredients: 1 custard apple, half an orange, 1/3 lemon, 90 ml of fresh milk, 1 egg yolk, 10 grams of honey, 100 grams of ice cubes.

Method: Peel 1 Custard Apple, shell and seeds, and cut into small pieces; wash half an orange, cut in half, and put it into a juicer with the Custard Apple to squeeze the juice. Wash 1/3 of the lemon, cut it into pieces and squeeze the juice; mix the sugar apple, orange juice and lemon juice together, add fresh milk, egg yolk, honey and ice cubes into a mixing cup, mix well and serve.

Applicable people

Suitable for people who get tired easily, work in polluted environment, like to smoke, engage in strenuous exercise and high-intensity labor, and take medicine for a long time. Helps in the treatment of congestion, purpura, bleeding and other symptoms, pigment spots, cataract patients, and scurvy patients.

Suitable for patients with iron deficiency anemia. Pregnant women, children and breastfeeding women should pay attention to iron supplements.

Suitable for anorexia, partial eclipse, difficulty falling asleep, easy to wake up, easy to catch a cold, sparse hair, mental retardation, toddlers, late or irregular teething, paroxysmal abdominal pain and diarrhea, X or O type Legs, chicken breasts for teenagers.

Suitable for pregnant and lactating women with cramps, fatigue, joint pain, dizziness, anemia, prepartum hypertension syndrome, edema and insufficient milk secretion.

Suitable for the elderly with bone pain, loose or falling teeth, hunchback, loss of appetite, digestive tract ulcers, dreams, insomnia, irritability, and irritability.