Designed by
Title
Green color Katu Anoda fruit . #213432210
Description
Annona muricata Katu Anoda Soursop (as it is known in English) is a species of the genus Annona. The Anonna genus contains approximately 166 species. Sri Lanka has just four varieties. Katu Anoda (soursop or annona muricata), Weli Anoda (sweetsop, sugar apple, annona squamosa), Matti anoda (custard apple, bullockââ¬â¢s heart, annona reticulate), and the Cherimoya (annona cherimola). All four varieties are largely found in home gardens. Today Green Thumbs speaks to Institute of Indigenous Medicine, Department of Dravyaguna Vignana, Senior Lecturer, Dr. S.D. Hapuarachchi on Katu Anoda, the delicious fruit that is a boon to Sri Lanka coming to us from the other side of the world - West Indies and South America, introduced to the tropics by the Portuguese and Spanish in the 16th Century.