Sitaphal, Annona squamosa (Grafted) – Plant
Enjoy fresh,fragrant and sweet creamy white flesh of Custard apple by growing Custard plant easily at your home.
Custard apple is deciduous perennial fruit plant in Annonaceae family. Branches with light brown bark. Leaves are thin, simple, alternate and occur singly.Flowers are Solitary or in short lateral clusters. Fruits are aggregate and soft fruits from the numerous and loosely united pistils of a flower.
Sitaphal Care
- Keep the plant in natural indirect bright Light.
- Poke your finger/plain small stick into the soil to check the moisture.
Planting And Care
- There must be adequate moisture in the soil to encourage vegetative growth and blooms that occur on the new branches.
- Sugar apple is normally fairly low maintenance and quite easy to grow, as long as a level of basic care is provided throughout the year.
itaphal Uses
Medicinal Use:
- A bark decoction is used to stop diarrhoea, while the root is used in the treatment of dysentery
- Sugar-apple is high in energy, an excellent source of vitamin C and manganese, a good source of thiamine and vitamin B6
- Note- Please consults your health advisor before application or consuming of plants or plant parts
Culinary Use:
- The ripe fruits are edible
- The sweet fruits are used in preserves, drinks, ice cream, puddings etc
- Note- Please consults your health advisor before application or consuming of plants or plant parts
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