BOTANICAL RECORD
Annona muricata L.
Aluguntugui · Soursop · Annonaceae
Overview
About the illustration
Generated botanical plate harmonised with the Gliricidia watercolor: whole tree and details of leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds. Fruit and foliage are guided by JB’s original photograph and the earlier illustration. The tree silhouette represents the species, not the actual Odo tree. The original photograph is unchanged; the earlier illustration is preserved in history.
Original ↗- Growth form
- Tree
- At Odo Valley
- Present at Odo Valley
- In the library
- Local plantings
- Botanical origin in Ghana
- Introduced to Ghana
- Location
- Odo Valley · Busua · Ghana
- Known date or period
- Photo date unknown · Planting date unknown
Field note
JB reports planting this tree at Odo Valley. Planting date and origin of the planting material were not supplied. Photo received on 2026-09-09; capture date unknown. No completed Odo cooking, medicinal or extraction trial was reported in this exchange.
Record sources 4
Sources and origins
Annona muricata — Agroforestree Database 4.0
- Author or institution
- Orwa, Mutua, Kindt, Jamnadass & Anthony
- Publication year
- 2009
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Institutional technical profile
- Geographic origin
- World Agroforestry
- Page, table or passage
- Description, ecology and tree management
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-09
General reference; yields, calendars and historical data are not attributed to the Odo tree.
Soursop — Fruits of Warm Climates
- Author or institution
- Julia F. Morton ; Purdue University
- Publication year
- 1987
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Literature synthesis
- Geographic origin
- Tropical Americas and other cultivation regions
- Page, table or passage
- Harvesting; Food Uses; Medicinal Uses
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-09
Historical source: described medicinal uses are neither clinical evidence nor preparation recommendations.
Graviola — About Herbs
- Author or institution
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Publication year
- Living reference page
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Institutional clinical summary
- Geographic origin
- United States; international literature
- Page, table or passage
- Clinical Summary; Mechanism of Action; Herb-Drug Interactions
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-09
Preclinical results do not establish a safe medicinal dose in humans.
JB — planted tree and photograph IMG_6543.jpeg
- Author or institution
- JB
- Publication year
- 2026
- Type
- Direct account and original photograph
- Geographic origin
- Odo Valley · Busua · Ghana
- Page, table or passage
- IMG_6543.jpeg
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-09
- Provenance and context
- Message received on 2026-09-09: JB names the fruit “aluguntugui” and states that it comes from a tree he planted at Odo Valley. Original photo attached to this record.
Planting date, photo date, language of the local name, dimensions and mass were not supplied.