Rollinia mucosa
Wild Sugar-Apple · Sugar apple · Sweetsop · Biribarana · Cachiman
Description
Source: leafsnapAnnona mucosa is a species of flowering plant in the custard-apple family, Annonaceae, that is native to tropical South America. It is cultivated for its edible fruits, commonly known as biribá, lemon meringue pie fruit, or wild sugar-apple, throughout the world's tropics and subtropics.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Biriba comes from open habitats, such as sunny meadows and forest edges, which provide abundant light. It does best in Full Sun but can also tolerate Partial Sun, adapting well to various light conditions.
🌡️ Temperature 20–37.8°C
Biriba comes from tropical areas, where the climate is generally warm and humid. Consequently, it is well suited to high heat and humidity. It does not tolerate sudden temperature changes and prefers a steady thermal environment, so avoiding indoor temperature fluctuations is important. It usually cannot endure cold and needs warmer conditions to grow. If the surrounding temperature drops too low, the plant may stop growing or even die.
💨 Humidity
🪴 Soil 4-6
🌱 Fertilizer
Prefer organic fertilizers (e.g., fish emulsion, compost) to chemical ones for Biriba. Supply higher levels of nitrogen and phosphorus to young plants in spring. Incorporate compost or fertilizer into the soil before or after planting. For mature plants, apply a balanced fertilizer or one targeted to specific deficiencies in spring. Nutrient deficiency produces small leaves, short branches, yellow or bronze foliage, acidic fruits, premature fruit drop, and fruit splitting.
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Tree
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Rollinia
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 10-12
- Mature Height
- 4.88 m to 10.06 m
- Mature Spread
- 3.96 m to 6.1 m
- Leaf Color
- Dark Green, Forest Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Size
- 2.03 cm to 3.05 cm
- Bloom Time
- Late spring, Early summer, Mid summer
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Late summer, Fall
- Native Area
- Colombia, Belize, Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Guyana, Brazil, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Panama