Annona reticulata, Aatha, Parankichakka, Custard apple, ആത്ത, പറങ്കിച്ചക്ക

Family: Annonaceae
Vernacular names: Aatha, Parankichakka, ആത്ത, പറങ്കിച്ചക്ക (Malayalam), Custard apple (English), Lavani (Sanskrit), Ramachita (Tamil)
Distribution: Native of Central America and West Indies
Description: Trees. Flowers greenish-white, bisexual, green, several from internodal cymes, rarely leaf opposed. Fruit an aggregate of berry, spherical or ovoid, yellowish-red; pulp yellowish; seeds black-brown.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Cultivated and often naturalized
Flowering & Fruiting: May-August

Parts used: Fruit and bark
Properties & Uses: Unripe fruit and bark is used against diarrhea and dysentery. Infusion of peel of the fruit to treat stomach disorders. Bark applied to sprain and strain. Leaves used against worms and abscesses.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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