Fruit trees we are looking for
Anonidium_mannii
Anonidium mannii (Oliv.) Or Uvaria crassipetala (Engl. & Diels) is a fruit tree found in parts of tropical Africa, Ghana, southern Gabon and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The appearance of its fruit is similar to that of a wild soursop. Its vernacular names are 1: Ebom, Junglesop, Asumpa, Bombi, Angusto, Tahu, Bobo, Ebambu.
Description:
This tree can reach a height varying between 10 and 30 meters. Its trunk oscillates between 40 and 80 cm in diameter. Growing in the wild, we harvest the fruit that is edible, but this plant is also used in local traditional medicine. This plant is found in the jungle, in areas adjacent to the savannah on clay soils with humus. In dense tropical and lowland forests, this tree is rather small.
Usefulness:
The fruit is edible with a sweet to sour taste2 and a size of 25-50 cm x 20-30 cm. It can weigh up to 7 pounds. For medicinal purposes3, a decoction of the bark makes it possible to treat gastrointestinal diseases, dysenteric forms of diarrhea, ovarian disorders and sometimes coughs. The bark powder is administered to epileptics or people with vertigo. Bark powder is applied externally to wounds, snake bites and buboes to mature. The remains of the bark are passed over the fire and wrapped in a Marantacea leaf to be used as a poultice in frantic pains, edema and rheumatism. They can also be put in boiling water and used in the form of a steam bath. When macerated, bark tips can be administered through an enema to treat colic. The presence of alkaloids is confirmed in the leaves, bark and roots of Anonidium mannii.
An ultra rare Annona from the jungle of Equatorial Africa. Apparently tasty with similarities to soursop.