How to Grow and Care for Guanabana

Soursop (*Annona muricata*) is a tropical, evergreen tree that can grow up to 9 m tall. It produces the guanabana fruit, which ripens from mid-summer to mid-winter. The fruit is a spiky green pod with an aroma that smells like pineapple and tastes like a combination of strawberries and apples. The sweet yet sour fruit has a texture similar to that of a banana. The fruit can be eaten ripe or used to make juices and smoothies.

Sugar apple (Annona squamosa) is a deciduous tropical tree that can grow to be 3 to 6 m tall. It has small, pendulous flowers that bloom in spring and range in color from yellowish-green to white. The fragrant, sweet, juicy fruit ripens in late summer and early fall.

Mountain soursop (Annona montana) is an evergreen tropical fruit tree that will grow from 2.5 to 14 m tall. It is drought-tolerant and will grow in dry conditions. Native to Central America. Produces round, edible green fruit that have a fragrant aroma but a sour and bitter flavor.

Pond Apple is a tropical fruit tree commonly found in the Florida everglades. It is sometimes called alligator fruit because alligators will eat its fruit, which tastes like mild cantaloupe. In other countries, this tree is considered an invasive weed.

Cherimoya is a shrub or tree that grows in the tropical and subtropical Americas at high altitudes. It produces edible fruit, described by Mark Twain as "the most delicious fruit known to men". Unfortunately, outside of its native range, the species may escape cultivation and it is listed as invasive in Easter Island, the Galapagos, Hawaii, and New Zealand.