Annona squamosa

Annona squamosa

Annona squamosa is a small, well-branched tree or shrub from the family Annonaceae that bears edible fruits called sugar-apples or sweetsops
See also : Sugar Apple

Special Precautions of Sugar Apple

The roots of the sugar apple tree are powerful enough to induce abortions.

Health Benefits and Uses of Sugar Apple

• Crushed fresh leaves can be placed near nostril of persons having fainting fits.
• Decoction of the leaves and/or root is taken in cases of dysentery.
• In traditional Indian, Thai, and American medicine, the leaves are used in a decoction to treat dysentery and urinary tract infection.
• Decoction of the leaves is good to cure diabetes.
• Decoction of the leaves is used to clarify urine.
• Decoction of the leaves is employed in baths to alleviate rheumatic pain.
• Decoction of the leaves is used to aid digestive problem, and to treat colds.
• The leaves are applied to abscesses and open wounds and used to cure skin itches.
• The leaves served as a purgative.
• Crushed seeds mixed with coconut oil and apply on scalp to get rid of lice.
• Bark decoction is used to stop diarrhea.
• In traditional Indian medicine, they are also crushed and applied to wounds.
• In Mexico, the leaves are rubbed on floors and put in hens' nests to repel lice.
• The diterpenoid alkaloid atisine is the most abundant alkaloid in the root. Other constituents of Annona squamosa include the alkaloids oxophoebine, reticuline, isocorydine, and methylcorydaldine, and the flavonoid quercetin-3-O-glucoside.
• Bayer AG has patented the extraction process and molecular identity of the annonaceous acetogenin annonin, as well as its use as a biopesticide. Other acetogenins have been isolated from the seeds,bark, and leaves.

References

• Morton, Julia (1987). "Sugar Apple Annona squamosa". Fruits of warm climates. Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Purdue University. p. 69. Archived from the original on 5 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
• Dholvitayakhun A, Trachoo N; et al. (2016). "Using scanning and transmission electron microscopy to investigate the antibacterial mechanism of action of the medicinal plant Annona squamosa Linn". Journal of Herbal Medicine. doi:10.1016/j.hermed.2016.10.003.