Soursop
Annona muricata
Popular for it's large sweet fruit and medicinal tea made from the leaves. Evergreen tree with upright spreading growth up to 20+ feet tall with thick fleshy fruit weighing up to 5 lbs. Will mature to fruit/flowering stage within a few years and flowers smell similar to juicy fruit gum. Grows in most soil conditions from rich and fertile to dry lava field, like full sun and large ammounts of phosphorous and potassium during fruit set.
Remember to sow your seeds immediatly after arrival as most tropical fruits do not survive drying out.
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