Annona squamosa Hindi-Sharifa/Sitaphal,Marathi-Sitaphal/Seethaphal,Sanskrit-Atripya/Gandagatra/Sitapalam,Kannada-Sita Phala,Tamil-Sitapalam/Sitha/Seetha pazham,Telugu-Seetapandu/Seethaphalamu,Manipuri-Sitaphal,Assamese-Katal,Bengali-Ata,Popular-Custard Apple/Sugar Apple Annonaceae
Annona squamosa (Hindi-Sharifa/Sitaphal,Marathi-Sitaphal/Seethaphal,Sanskrit-Atripya/Gandagatra/Sitapalam,Kannada-Sita Phala,Tamil-Sitapalam/Sitha/Seetha pazham,Telugu-Seetapandu/Seethaphalamu,Manipuri-Sitaphal,Assamese-Katal,Bengali-Ata,Popular-Custard Apple/Sugar Apple)Annonaceae.It is a shrub or small tree growing upto 7 m tall and is cultivated throughout India.Leaves are bright green above and bluish green below, elliptical ovate to lanceolate.Flower is 2-2.5 cm, frequent with 3 green sepals and 6 petals arranged in two containers.Fruit has thick,scaly or knobby skin that guves them a pine-cone appearance.It is widely distributed in the tropics and abundantly in the eastern regions of India.It has antioxidant, antibacterial,anti inflammatory, antidiabetic,antihyperlipidemic,anti-head lice,antitumor, chemopreventive, hepatoprotective, insecticidal,molluscacidal,vasorelaxant,mosquitocidal,pesticidal,antiplatelet, antiviral, antifertility, anthelmintic, anticancer,anti-HI...
