Annona cherimola
Mill. · speciesAt a glance
Sources18 archives
Databases and archives Annona cherimola's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation19 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 626 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗
foodatlascompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
The cherimoya (Annona cherimola), also spelled chirimoya and called chirimuya by the Inca people, is a species of edible fruit-bearing plant in the genus Annona, from the family Annonaceae, which includes the closely related sweetsop and soursop. The plant has long been believed to be native to Ecuador and Peru, with cultivation practiced in the Andes and Central America, although a recent hypothesis postulates Central America as the origin instead, because many of the plant's wild relatives occur in this area. Cherimoya is grown in tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world including Central America, eastern South America, Southern California, South Asia, Australia, the Mediterranean region and North Africa. American writer Mark Twain called the cherimoya "the most delicious fruit known to men". The creamy texture of the flesh gives the fruit its secondary name, the custard apple.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology13
Life cycle & reproduction6
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment10
Physiology & chemistry3
Compounds documented for Annona cherimola across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds5 927 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARBOHYDRATES | 927,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| WATER | 771,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FIBER | 330,300 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FAT | 258,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| TRIGLYCERIDES | 224,500 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| PROTEIN | 138,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| OLEIC-ACID | 122,500 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| SUGARS | 119,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 88,200 ppm | DukesPhytochem |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Annona cherimola has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Annona cherimola carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 145×CCDB · book-ipcn72 · CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · book-fedorov +1
2n 162×CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · book-fedorov
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type1 626 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions70 of 120 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Durango, MX | 219 |
| Chapingo, MX | 127 |
| Saint Louis, US | 119 |
| ESP058location not on record | 112 |
| Mexico City, MX | 83 |
| Mexico City, MX | 40 |
| Tapachula, MX | 37 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 23 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 19 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 17 |
| Universidad del Quindío (UniQuindío)location not on record | 17 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 15 |
| Loja, EC | 14 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 12 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 11 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 11 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 11 |
| León, NI | 10 |
| San Francisco, US | 10 |
| Auckland, NZ | 10 |
| Guatemala, GT | 10 |
| Chicago, US | 9 |
| Riverside, US | 9 |
| CASlocation not on record | 9 |
| Toluca, MX | 8 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 8 |
| Berlin, DE | 8 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 7 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 6 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 6 |
| Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record | 5 |
| US | 5 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 5 |
| Mérida, MX | 5 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 5 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 5 |
| Porto Alegre, BR | 4 |
| arosemena tola, EC | 4 |
| Puebla, MX | 4 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 4 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 4 |
| Austin, US | 4 |
| València, ES | 4 |
| Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO)location not on record | 4 |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record | 4 |
| Tampa, US | 3 |
| Autlán de Navarro, MX | 3 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 3 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 3 |
| Kew, GB | 3 |
| Tlalnepantla, MX | 3 |
| South Kensington, GB | 3 |
| Xiamen, CN | 3 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 3 |
| Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDistrital)location not on record | 3 |
| Davis, US | 3 |
| Montecillo, Texcoco, MX | 3 |
| Mexico City, MX | 3 |
| Guasave, MX | 2 |
| BMlocation not on record | 2 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Bronx, US | 2 |
| QAPlocation not on record | 2 |
| Dekalb, US | 2 |
| Culiacán, MX | 2 |
| Zürich, CH | 2 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 2 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 2 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 2 |
| San José, CR | 2 |
| La Paz, BO | 2 |
| Claremont, US | 2 |
| Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record | 2 |
| Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record | 1 |
| Cuenca, EC | 1 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Quito, EC | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Tepatitlán de Morelos, MX | 1 |
| Alexandria Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 1 |
| LDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Elocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 1 |
| Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (UTCH)location not on record | 1 |
| Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record | 1 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 1 |
| Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis (JBBJCM)location not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record | 1 |
| Riobamba, EC | 1 |
| Centro Cultural Santo Domingolocation not on record | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 1 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Zhejianglocation not on record | 1 |
| NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 1 |
| MAlocation not on record | 1 |
| RBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Córdoba, AR | 1 |
| Salvador, BR | 1 |
| Madison, US | 1 |
| Universidad de El Salvadorlocation not on record | 1 |
| Managua, NI | 1 |
| Herbario MAT de la Universidad Politécnica Estatal del Carchilocation not on record | 1 |
| San Diego, US | 1 |
| San Francisco de Campeche, MX | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| ESP003location not on record | 1 |
| Aarhus, DK | 1 |
| Santa Cruz, US | 1 |
| BClocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Annona cherimola was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.