custard-apple vs Sugar Apple

Annona squamosa compared with Annona mucosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	custard-apple	Sugar Apple
Kingdom same	Plantae (bitki)	Plantae (bitki)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family same	Annonaceae	Annonaceae
Genus same	Annona	Annona
Species	Annona squamosa	Annona mucosa

Evolutionary Relationship

custard-apple and Sugar Apple share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Annona.

Conservation Status

custard-apple

NE — Not Evaluated

Sugar Apple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	custard-apple	Sugar Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

custard-apple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (6 countries).

Sugar Apple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Bolivia, Brazil, and Colombia.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇴 Bolivia 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇴 Colombia