Sugar Apple (Annona squamosa)

Sugar apple also known sweet sop. Atis in Philippines, Chirimoya verrugosa in Spanish is a relative to custard apple and belongs to the Annona family. Sugar apple is native to Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America.

Atis is a small tree that grows between 10 to 20 feet high when fully matured with oblong leaves and green heart-shaped fruits with polygonal tubercles. The atis fruit has a white, sweet flesh and black seeds.

The Atis tree is easy to grow. Just plant a seed on almost any soil and atis will grow. However, it requires tropical or near tropical weather. When planted, Atis will begin to bear fruit in about a year's time. It will bear fruit about 3 times a year and the sweetest fruits are those borne during the summer months.

All parts of the atis tree have medicinal value. The seeds however are poisonous. The seeds are pounded and made into paste. This can be applied to the scalp of the head to kill hair lice. Care should be taken when applying atis seed paste on the scalp as this is extremely irritating to the eyes and can even cause blindness.

These plants are between 2-3 ft. 

We ship plants in rootball not bare root.