Cherimoya
Mark Twain once referred to the cherimoya as "the most delicious fruit known to men." Although its flavor is often likened to that of a cross between a banana and a pineapple, the flesh of this exotic fruit has also been described as similar to commercial bubblegum. Although they are native to the Andes, cherimoyas also thrive in Mediterranean climates, and have been introduced in Spain, Italy and California, among other places.
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Atis! Grows wild here in the Philippines...
It is common in Egypt we call it papaya.
For the two people who said this is the sweetsop from Jamaica, it is not. This is a different fruit more delicious than the sweetsop. I ate it as a child while growing up in the hills of St. Adrew, Jamaica. I have not seen it since then.
If it's not sweet sop it must be custard apple?
In St. Lucia we call it sugar apple and it is very similar to the cancer fighting soursop fruit. I wonder if it has similar benefits as the soursop http://www.soursopgraviola.com . Anyway I absolutely looooove sugar apple, I could eat it all day long. Its one of the best fruits you'll ever taste.
This is called "atis" or "sugar apple" cherimoya is very different
This fruit is so delicious, we had it in our back yard in Haiti we call it "Corosole" . You can make juice with it too. Yummy
It's very common in South Asia. In Bengail we call it aata
The cherimoy fruit is know in Puerto Rico as Pana Pepita
Sorry I messed up, It is not pana pepita I think they call it Lechosa, either way Im pretty sure I've seen my grandma eat it
We call it "nona fruit". It's rare to find this in Malaysia though we have this for generations. People here just doesn't commercialize this fruit, so they usually a little pricey. But the taste IS AWESOME!
In Jamaica, this is the sweetsop. Similar in size to custard apple and smaller than the soursop. This used to be my favourite fruit as a child. I have not had one in a long time.
Yes this is the sweetsop from Jamaica. It's among my favourite as a child along with guinep, and star apple, stinking toe, tamarind and pomegrante.
I really miss sweetsop and soursop! You took the words right out of my mouth.
In India it is called Sitaphul and has been around for ages. Named after the goddess Sita. Another similar but bigger fruit is know as Ramphul, named after the god Ram (Sita's husband). Both very different from soursop.
its called atis in the philippines. the taste of atis is far from what the description says :-/
yeah, this is what we called ätis"in the Philippines. we have one like this before in our backyard..
In St.Lucia and most of the caribbean it is called Sugar apple
Joy you are correct, in Trinidad it is called Sugar Apple. Very delicious.
In India these are know as Custard Apples
Here in the Philippines we call that Atis... Cherimoya is akin to Guyabano... By the way, the Lansat, we call it here as Lanzones...
Definitely agree. Cherimoya is Atis and Lansat is Lanzones :D
Actually, both Atis (Sugar Apple) and Cherimoya are not the same species but they belong to the same genus Annona. They're related.
In Trinidad and Tobago the Cherimoya is called the Soursop :)
It's delicious
I think you might be mistaken, soursop is similar looking but bigger...not the same taste....both delicious though
I've tried cherimoya, when I lived in Virginia. Delicious, creamy texture. The only thing was the seeds - couldn't get a lot of the pulp once the seeds were removed.
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