| Annona crassiflora | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Annona |
| Species: | A. crassiflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Annona crassiflora | |
Annona crassiflora, commonly known as marolo, araticum cortiça, araticum do cerrado or bruto, is a flowering plant in the Annonaceae family. The flowers of a marolo look like jellyfish wearing hats, and the fruits are sweet and very rough. It is native to Brazil and Paraguay[1] and the fruit is eaten by native peoples in the Brazilian Cerrado.[2] Although it is considered to have potential for cultivation, it has not been domesticated to date.[3]
- ^ "Annona crassiflora". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ Roberta Roesler; Luciana G. Malta; Luciana C. Carrasco; Gláucia Pastore (31 May 2006), "Evaluation of the Antioxidant Properties of the Brazilian Cerrado Fruit Annona crassiflora (Araticum)", Journal of Food Science, 71 (2): C102–C107, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2621.2006.tb08882.x
- ^ Pereira, M. F.; Bandeira, L. F.; Blanco, A. J. V.; Ciampi, A. Y.; Coelho, A. S. G. (2008), "Development of microsatellite markers in Annona crassiflora Mart., a Brazilian Cerrado fruit tree species", Molecular Ecology Resources, 8 (6): 1329–1331, doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02275.x, PMID 21586036