Prickly Custard Apple
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Scientific name
Annona muricata L.
English Name
Prickly Custard Apple
Malayalam name
മുള്ളാത്ത
Common name
Cancer Chakka
Description
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Cultivated
- Leaves : simple, alternate, distichous, estipulate
- Flowers : yellowish-green, solitary, axillary or from mature branches
- Fruits : ovoid to obovoid, green, covered with curved spine
How to use
- The leaves and fruits are used treat cancer.
- It is also used for the treatment of kidney stones, fever, ulcers, dysentery and wounds
Uses
Anti-cancer and purgative.
Parts used
Bark, Leaves, fruit and flowers
Conservation
Propagation & Cultivation
It is propagated through seeds or stem cuttings.Seeds should be sown in a well-draining seed-starting mix and kept moist until germination. Cuttings can be taken from healthy, mature plants and rooted in a moist, well-draining medium. Propagation is best done in the spring or early summer.
